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Battle of Brothers Company in World War II ``` Battle of Ardennes1944 65438+February-1945 65438+1October, during World War II, the German offensive campaign in the Ardennes area on the western front (southeast Belgium). By the autumn of 1944, the allied forces had approached Germany from three sides (including the Soviet Red Army on the eastern front and the allied forces led by Britain and the United States on the western and southern lines), and the German situation was grim. In order to reverse the unfavorable situation, Hitler decided to concentrate his forces to launch an offensive on the western front, caught the allies off guard and regained the initiative. To this end, from the end of September, Hitler and his high command secretly set out to formulate the Ardennes counterattack plan and carry out the largest position counterattack on the western front. The code name of this campaign is "Value Observation on the Rhine". The purpose is to defeat the American and British troops, reverse the situation in western Europe, make it beneficial to Germany, and thus lead the Germans to fight against the Soviet Union. The Germans plan to break through the allied lines in Mouzo and Eccel, cross the Maas River in Liege and namur, and leave for Antwerp before the seventh day of the campaign, so as to divide and annihilate the Belgian and Dutch allies (Canadian Army 1, British Army 2, American Army 9 and 1). Hitler's counterattack site was the rugged Ardennes Mountains where the Germans broke through the French defense four and a half years ago. This area is the junction of 1 Army (commander is hodges) and the 3rd Army of the United States (commander is Barton). Hodges is in charge of the north side and Barton is in charge of the south side. The 85-mile-wide defense zone between the two army groups is defended by the troops of the 5 th and 8 th armies belonging to the 1 army. Hitler thought that the area was "a place where the existing troops could definitely break through" ... the defense line was weak, and they wouldn't expect us to launch a surprise attack. Therefore, making full use of the enemy's unsuspecting factors and launching a sudden attack in the climate where enemy planes can't take off, we are expected to make a rapid breakthrough. Hitler wanted to "make up his mind to carry out this plan no matter what." In order to implement this plan, the German government issued an order to establish the People's Guards. The applicants ranged in age from 16 to 60, and a large number of new recruits were recruited soon. After six to eight weeks of short-term training, they were transferred to the western front and joined attack force. 65438+At the beginning of February, the German army assembled 25 divisions, including 7 tank divisions. Commanded by Marshal Mo Deer, commander of Army Group B.. On the right is the 6th SS Army (Commander General Dietrich), which has jurisdiction over the 67th SS Army (272nd and 326th National Grenadier Divisions), the SS/KOOC-0/Panzer Corps (SS/KOOC-0/Adolf Hitler Sineitai and SS/KOOC-0/2 Hitler Youth Panzer Corps). * * * There are 4 armored divisions, 4 infantry divisions, 1 paratroopers. About 640 tanks; In the middle are the 5th Army of Tanks (under the command of General Mantefer), the 66th Army (18, the 62nd National Grenadier Division, Fuehrer's Armored Brigade), the 47th Armored Division (2nd Armored Division, 26th National Grenadier Division, Armored Instructor, Fuehrer's Armored Brigade) and the 58th Armored Division (1655). About 320 tanks; On the left is the 7th Field Army (Commander Brandenburg), which has jurisdiction over the 80th Army (National Grenadier Division 2 12 and 276) and the 85th Army (National Grenadier Division 352 and Paratrooper Division 5), and * * * has jurisdiction over three infantry divisions and 1 Paratrooper Division. Its task is to cover the rear side of the 5 th Armored Army and ensure the central attack. The attack group consists of 250,000 officers and men, 900 tanks and assault guns, 800 planes, 2,665,438 artillery pieces and pursuit guns. In order to make a breakthrough in the Ardennes, the Germans concentrated a large number of troops and weapons, but it was still not enough to achieve the purpose of the campaign. The fascist German Command intends to deploy more troops from other parts of the western front and Germany to the Ardennes during the attack. The oil required by the assault group can only guarantee to travel to half the depth of the campaign. Allied forces have 87 divisions on the western front, including 25 armored divisions. However, the British Command of the US Army believes that the Ardennes area is not suitable for large-scale attacks. Therefore, on the road section with a width of 1 15km, only five divisions (83OOO people, 242 tanks, 182 anti-tank self-propelled guns and 394 guns) belonging to the US Army 12 Army Group (commander is O. Bradley) confronted the fascist German group. This led to the unfavorable situation in the early stage of the campaign. The Germans carried out Kirin's battle plan before the attack. An English commando team of about 2,000 people, composed of SS special forces and 150 armored brigade, was organized under the command of SS Lieutenant Colonel Schultz (that is, 1943, a small group of paratroopers led by gliders raided a dangerous mountain top in northern Italy and rescued Mussolini, a former dictator under house arrest by the Italian government). The commandos went deep into the allied lines in American jeeps. They divided into small teams, cut off telephone lines everywhere, reversed road signs, and made the garrison reserves go in the wrong direction. Hanging red bars indicated that there were mines on the road and tried their best to create chaos. The American army was frightened by the activities of these German soldiers. In order to search for these German teams, many traffic lines are impassable. 500,000 American soldiers question each other whenever they meet on the road. Hundreds of soldiers were arrested for being suspicious when answering questions, even Bradley, commander-in-chief of the group army. 12 16, an officer of the 66th German Army was captured on the way from the military headquarters to the front, and several operational orders planned with him fell into the hands of the US military, which made the US military respond in time. The second step of this plan, that is, using a complete armored brigade, driving American tanks and wearing American uniforms, marched straight in and occupied the Mas River Bridge, failed to materialize. The Germans began their surprise attack at dawn on June1944+February 16. Intensive artillery fire bombarded almost all American positions, and the American army was suddenly attacked and suffered huge losses. They failed to organize resistance and retreated one after another. In the middle, Mantefer's 5th Panzer Corps made rapid progress. By 17, the two regiments of the US Army 106 Division were successfully surrounded by a pincer attack, forcing more than 7,000 people to surrender, which was the worst defeat of the US Army in the European battlefield. 18, the pioneer of the 5th Panzer Corps in Mantefel, and the 47th Panzer Corps arrived in Bastok, a highway transportation hub. However, the 47th Armored Division left only the 26th People's Grenadier Division to attack Bastok, while the 2nd Armored Division and armored instructors spared no effort to occupy Bastok. The 6th Panzer Corps of the Dietrich SS attacked from the right, and also reached a ferry on the OnBlaive River, advancing for about 30 miles. Its vanguard column "Peppel Combat Team" arrived and occupied the Maas River ferry. However, when this column spent the night in Staffordshire, it turned a blind eye to the large fuel depot and important bridges with 2.5 million gallons of gasoline on hand, so that the US military reinforcements used it to set up obstacles (burning gasoline and blow up bridges) and block their way forward; On the left, all four divisions under the jurisdiction of Brandenburg's 7th Army crossed the Orr River, among which the 5th Paratrooper Division suddenly arrived in Wilt, 0/2 miles away from/kloc, and built a barrier for the middle troops on the south, with little progress. By February 20th of 10, the German offensive forces had formed a protruding part with a width of about 100 km and a depth of 30-50 km, and continued to advance. It was not until the morning of 17 that the main commander of the allied forces admitted that the German full-scale attack had begun, and Eisenhower urgently dispatched the 82nd and1kloc-0/airborne divisions to Bastok-St. Vitter for reinforcements to stop the Germans from advancing westward. General Gavin's 82nd Airborne Division was sent to Santovito defense line, while General mcauliffe's American1KLOC-0/Parachute Division rushed to Bastok. 19, Eisenhower held a meeting of senior generals in Verdun to discuss countermeasures. The meeting decided to adopt the policy of attacking the south and defending the north. The specific deployment is: Barton's American Third Army went north to attack the German salient; Devers's American Sixth Army moved closer to the north to protect Barton's right wing; The American troops in hodges 1 must resist the Germans who invaded the Ardennes from the north and south, hold their positions by the throat in the west, and prepare to counterattack from north to south, and surround the Germans with Barton's American troops 3. 12 On February 23rd, the weather improved, making it suitable for flying, and the allied aviation began to take active actions. 12 On February 22-26, the Third Army of the US Army launched a counterattack against the south wing of the enemy attack group. On the same day, the Germans also demanded that the American troops trapped in Bastok surrender, but all they got was mcauliffe's answer: "stupid eggs!" This American slang has a profound meaning and has since become a beautiful talk in the history of World War II. On the same day, the German army launched an attack on Bastok, but the progress was slow, and it failed to win this important town until Christmas. On February 24, 65438, Barton's third army destroyed the barrier built by the German seventh army on the left wing to ensure the central attack. Then Barton ordered General Garfield's 4th Armored Division to "run like hell" to rescue the Germans.