Table of Contents
Part II The Division during the Defensive Battles against the Allied Invasion in Normandy (continued from Volume I)
5.4 Preparation of Operation 'TOTALIZE' and Defense Against It. Fighting in the Bridgehead of Grimbosq on 7 and 8 August 1944 2
5.5 The Canadian-British Operation 'TOTALIZE'. Defensive Battles near St. Sylvain and at the Laison Sector from 8 to 11 August 1944 17
5.6 Operation 'TRACTABLE'. Defensive Battles North of Falaise and in the Falaise Encirclement from 13 to 19 August 1944 51
5.7 Breakout from the Falaise Encirclement on 20 and 21 August 1944 100
Section 6 The Battles Between the Touques and Seine Rivers from 21 to 25 August 1944 121
Section 7 Withdrawal from Northern France-Rearguard Fighting in the French-Belgian Border Area-Return to the Reich 135
Part III The Division during the Ardennes Offensive
8.1 Refitting in Reich Territory 198
8.2 Planning and Preparation 207
8.3 The Assembly 232
8.4 The Attack on 16 December and the Ensuing Fighting to Break Through the American Front Line 240
8.5 Attacks on the Bütgenbach Estate and on Bütgenbach from 19 to 22 December 1944 283
8.6 Attacks against the Ourthe Sector-Battles near Sadzot, 27 to 29 December 1944 308
8.7 The Attacks Near Bastogne from 2 to 7 January 1945-Change-over to Defense from 7 to 10 January 1945 325
8.8 Final Observations on the Ardennes Offensive 360
Part IV The Division during the Battles in Slovakia, Hungary and Austria during Winter and Spring 1945
Section 9 Move of the Division to Hungary-Action During the Offensive Operations in February and March 1945 377
9.0 Systematic Account 377
9.1 Move from the Cologne Area to Hungary into tire Area Southeast of Raab 378
9.2 Organization and Condition of the Division at the Start of the Action in Slovakia 380
9.3 The Development of the Military Situation in Southern Slovakia and in Central Hungary Around the Turn of the Year 1944-45 383
9.4 The Division in the Offensive against the Soviet Bridgehead at Gran, 17-24 February 1945 386
9.5 The Division in the Lake Balaton Offensive, 6-18 March 1945 403
Section 10 The Division in Rearguard Action from Lake Balaton to the Reich Borders, 19-31 March 1945 427
Section 11 The Division in Rearguard and Defensive Fighting in Austria, 1 April to 8 May 1945 461
11.1 Rearguard Action in Burgenland, Rearguard and Defensive Fighting in Lower Austria, 1 April to 2 May 1945 461
11.2 The Division as Armee Reserve-Capitulation on 8 May 1945 497
Part V The Postwar Period
Section 12 Captivity 505
Section 13 Meetings and Friendships 523
Section 14 Addendum 529
Appendices 539
References 571
Index 597
