Battle of the Bulge: The 3rd Fallschirmjager Division in Action, December 1944-January 1945

by Hans Wijers

Overview

This is the story of their bitter combat--in the words of German and American soldiers who were there.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811759274
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	03/01/2014
Series:	Stackpole Military History Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Hans Wijers lives in the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Chapter 1 The 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division 1

Chapter 2 The Battle for Lanzerath, 16 December 1944 5

Chapter 3 Honsfeld Is Taken by Surprise 23

Chapter 4 Operations of the 16th Infantry Regiment 37

Chapter 5 The 3rd Fallschirmjager Division Attacks 45

Chapter 6 The German Attack on Belair 51

Chapter 7 Resistance by Elements of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 9 in Faymonville 65

Chapter 8 Events in the Operational Area of Elements of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 5 and Fallschinnjäger-Regiment 8 85

Chapter 9 D-Day in Belgium, 13 January 1945 93

Chapter 10 The Battle for Bellevaux and Hedomont 97

Chapter 11 The Battle for Huyer 101

Chapter 12 The Battle for Thirimont 105

Chapter 13 Situation of the 30th Infantry Division 117

Chapter 14 The Second Attack on Thirimont 121

Chapter 15 Clearing Hill 551 137

Chapter 16 The Battle for Faymonville 141

Chapter 17 American Attack on Steinbach and Remonval 155

Chapter 18 Heavy Fighting for Schoppen 165

Chapter 19 The Attack on the Morsheck Crossroads on 24 January 1945 175

Chapter 20 Retreat of the 3rd Fallschirmjäger-Division to a New Defense Line 181

Chapter 21 Captured! 189

Sources 192

Acknowledgments 193