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To: WhiskeyX
Battle of the Bulge, Hitler's Last offensive

Historically inaccurate. "Watch on the Rhine" (December 16) against the US 1st army was followed by "Nordwind" (December 31) against the US 7th/French 1st armies.

And, of course, on the eastern front, there was 'Spring Awakening' (Plattensee Offensive - Lake Balaton Offensive) in March, 1945

9 posted on 12/17/2015 8:43:49 AM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35

Spring Awakening in Hungary wasn’t much of an offensive.

As Gen. Sepp Dietrich put it: They call us the 6th Army because we have only six tanks left.


48 posted on 12/17/2015 10:32:07 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: PAR35

I believe you are correct. Norwind was around January 5 and was an attempt to recapture Schweinfurt. We lost a good many people before the effort was halted. I was in Task Force Linden which consisted of the regiments from the incomplete 42nd Division.


57 posted on 12/17/2015 11:21:11 AM PST by ex-snook ( God is love.)
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