Battle of the Bulge, Animated - Part 5, The Relief of Bastogne
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British XXX Corps arrives at the Meuse Crossings, ready to greet the advancing German Panzer Divisions with heavy artillery and armour. Patton's Army also arrives south of Bastogne, and a thrust northwards towards the besieged town aims to relieve the surrounded 101st Airborne Division.
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The Firefly crew aiming for the lead enemy vehicle only to strike the ammunition and fuel supply trucks was an fortuitous 'accident' given the sheer shortage of fuel the Germans were running on here. The voiced tanker's dialogue was a nice addition.
Thats a youtuber called Squire. Does some really funny stuff revolving around WW2 stereotypes
@@glenchapman3899 And the whole story with the firefly could be straight from his channel.
@@glenchapman3899 Quite a surprise to hear him
I'm shoked that their RNG allowed them to hit the fuel vehicle instead of the intended target...
Sounds like a very Firefly thing to do. I've heard that gun wasn't the most accurate thing ever. (Though I don't really know if that's true)
I think my favorite part of these is the little stories of brave soldiers defying the odds
Yeah. It really adds a human element to things, rather than being just detached listing of events.
... and a few years later in Sept 1949, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient James R Hendrix survived a fall from 1000 feet, receiving only minor bruises when his two parachutes failed to open during training at Fort Benning, Ga.
There is a book out there on medals of Honor and it gives a little story on the person and the deeds done to win it. You might like it. It’s full of tails of the aristeria of those men.
so many heroes go unnoticed.
My favourite part is how it says "bulge"
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It's a Japanese knife made using Chinese steel, made In China.
@@cougars_3471 yeah. they're run by a company literally named "Fail Ventures." A company that forms dozens of companies that fail just for a few that'll find a way to bring in money. Kamikoto Knives and Established Titles are 2 of those companies. I hope The Operations Room does some more research on the company they're promoting.
Or Camembert!!!
@@cougars_3471 Yeah I hope he pays attention to who he's taking sponsorships from next video, or at least someone should tell him not to take their money anymore.
Hearing Squire almost gave me a heart attack
I wasn’t watching the screen when he started talking and I had to do a double take lol.
Same
*hears squire’s voice* HEY WAIT A MIN-
My apologies.
Yeeeeeeees.
My father was an XO (at 23) of a C-47 sqdrn and was shot down for the 2nd time dropping supplies on Bastogne...he and his crew chief spent a week learning how to use a bazooka...it was the 2nd time he was shot down. 1st was Normandy dropping pathfinders for the 82nd Airborne...
1. Did he end up survivng?
And 2. Are you from the Vail clan of Plainfield, New Jersey?
- if so, we’re distant cousins
Damn the paras are causing him problems
Surprised the plane could fly with your dads massive balls
@@youarewrong5523 do you enjoy that you are loosing your country now
Your father was a great man and earned the name The Greatest Generation
The animation has gotten so good there’s little stories now. Seeing the German at 5:30, leave the house, look the wrong way to seemingly ask what’s going on, and then getting shot.
This is becoming one of my favorite channels.
Among the very best out there 👌
"Is it over? Did we win?" *blam*
Were those real interactions recorded or just added for drama for the video?
@@GonE4Summ3R Most likely just for drama. The casualty counts and the rough locations of each soldier is recorded info, tho. Although I wouldn't be surprised if they are real stories he added in, as this channel does do it's homework.
These videos are great but what always makes it for me are the medal of honor recipients stories and actions of people who received highly esteemed medals. The heroism alone makes me smile and the visuals help me imagine the soldiers doing these acts.
do you know by any chance the name of the « app » used to make these animated maps ?
Thanks !
@@zyox21 I bet its some sort of application the Operations Room channel made for their videos.
I love the overhead shots of the tiny figures turning round like they were Zergs, er sumpin...
100%, I immediately google those soldier's names.
In that case, I highly recommend Jeremy Clarkson's "The Victoria Cross - For Valour" and the subsequent "The Greatest Raid of All". This is not Clarkson being brash and obtuse. This is proper journalism, with him being genuinely interested and excited.
The first is about the British Victoria Cross, the highest honour. While telling the story of one of the winners, you hear the stories of other VC winners and the insane things they did to win their medal. It is amazing.
Due to the success, he made a follow-up. It is about the raid on Nazare in France, to destroy a dry-dock and deny Tirpitz a base in the Atlantic. It was forced to dock in Norway, so it could no longer threaten Allied supply convoys. Equally amazing. Very well made, with interviews with the guys who did the raid. Some of it is so stiff upper lip Britishness, it starts to sound like a Monty Python sketch until you realise they actually did this.
Soon as PFC James Hendrix showed up I was thinking this guy is getting a medal for his actions. A Medal of Honor. One of 20 soldiers who got one. Salute to him and the other 19. Hendrix lived until 2002 when he passed away at 77. He also served in Korea and briefly in Vietnam.
Hearing that peiper lost 4000 men and suffered as greatly as they did can’t help but bring a smile to my face. There’s some karma for you evil bastards. Loving this whole series it really gives a clear picture of how the battle played out
No one should celebrate the wholesale slaughter of their fellow man.
And it was something pretty humiliating. They were trolled over and over again by having bridges cut off in their faces, Peiper's forces got stuck powerless and wasting fuel, before getting attacked by air raids.
Peiper was the SS oficer that murdered those American POWs at Melmady. Effin arshole survived the courts after the war, & was residing in France, always pleading innocent.
@@earlbinvico Only thing that sucks is some of his thugs survived
Większość wozów zostało porzuconych bo nie miało już paliwa.
Hendrix has that COD protagonist energy.
That boy risked his life three times by himself without any hesitation.
I'm glad you told his story because everyone should hear it. Medal of Honor absolutely deserved.
I havent seen anyone on TH-cam synthesize the tactical, operational, and strategic levels so effectively and clearly. You do an amazing job of showing how important the actions are at every level, from logistics, to maneuver, to tactical engagements. It really helps to bring the whole picture together
It should also noted that in the town of La Gleize, there remains a King Tiger left by Peiper's Kamfgruppe. It's been cosmetically restored but most of the internals are gone. Some battle damages remains though.
true
Yeah, I remember seeing it on some video I was watching. I forget what it was but seems like it was a young German infantrymen was telling what he remembered but it has a dent in it where a Sherman fired on it. And it took out at least 3 Sherman tanks. But they didn't have fuel to continue.
My dad was in Bastogne. How he managed to dodge all those bullets I’ll never know!
Your father was a hero and has/had a perspective on life that few had. Ordinary people put in in extraordinary circumstances. None of us really know what it's like or how we would act. Those boys that fought/survived these battles have so much of my respect, and it's still not close to what they deserve.
He kept his head down!
Yeeeeeees
Yeeeeeeees
Grandfather was in the 84th Infantry north west of Bastogne. I remember him always saying how bad the battle was and how he could imagine how much worse it was in Bastogne. Some amazing stories I got to hear from him.
you're so fortunate. It's up to you that his stories survive to the next generation. What these guys should never be forgotten.
@@martintaiani Unfortunately he passed in 2009, but thankfully I remembered everything he told me and he wrote his memoirs. They contain most of the stories from basic till he left in 1946.
It is a small world. My grandfather was in the 84th as well. Go Railsplitters! My other grandfather also fought in the bulge, but more to the south. He was wounded fighting near Bastogne, I think around January 6th 1945.
@@mburstei Would you happen to know what battalion he was in? mine was wounded roughly the same time. He was 335th battalion, baker company in the 84th (at least what the 84th roster book shows.) His squad were assaulting with M4’s and came under 88 fire when he was wounded. Before he was wounded one of the 88’s struck one of the M4’s breaking the commanders legs with the rest of the crew abandoning the tank. My grandfather and a few other lifted the man out of the tank for the medics. Soon after that shrapnel believed to be from an 88 round hit him wounding him in the neck, chin, and butt.
@@konnorhalsey6981 He was in command of the medical battalion, performing surgery, organizing the field hospital and evacuating wounded. Didn't talk much about the war. In the context of the Battle of the Bulge, he did mention a couple of things. The division deployed to the Ardennes in reverse as they were repositioning from the Ruhr river. So the signal company and medical battalion showed up first, stretched along the road out from Hotton. The first couple days were very dicey as they had virtually no weapons with them so if the Germans had attacked then they would have been wiped out. If you are interested, there was a divisional history book - not sure where you would find a copy. There was also a memoir written by a soldier in one of the other regiments in the 84th, "The Men of Company K". There are used copies of that on Amazon.
Been loving this series. With the supporting Intel Report makes it doubley fun. Outstanding! Brilliant work! Cheers from Tennessee.
Same here - awesome series and always waiting on the next!!
My uncle Claude stover was there with the 101 AB division.He survived and after the war joined the merchant Marines going back and forth to rebuild Germany.After 2 yrs at sea he rejoined the 82 AB division.After that he was with the 11th AB division in Korea,and made two combat jumps with the 187th combat team in Korea,in which he won a silver star taking out 3 Chinese machine gun nests with hand grenades.After that he was in Germany with the 8th division.After that he was with the 2nd AB battle group,503rd infantry at ft.bragg and Okinawa.After that he was with the 1st special forces group in 1961 Vietnam,where he worked with the CIA,then retired.
Oh ya,I forgot to mention he won a bronze star in Belgium at the bulge.I had to pull his service record out to look at it.I have all of my family who fought in WW1,WW2,and Vietnam.I also had a brother who fought in Vietnam,69 and 70.
Squire did a good job with the voice acting lol 😆😆😆
First time I have ever heard he and his compatriot say something serious lol
Oh yes, rather he did!
I half expected him to say something like "and two sugars in my tea please".
@@grahvis and I just read that in his voice lol
misses intended target, destroys 2 vital supply trucks instead
Exactly what you'd expect in one of Squire's videos
Love all the personal stories that occurred during the battle being told with the visuals. Really makes this series unique. Can’t wait for Operation Bodenplatte to be covered.
The 10th Armored Div. in Bastogne didn't get enough credit during the defense of the town, their armored units that includes Hellcat tanks literally contributed in terms of Anti Tank capability of the defenders, also sharing their ammunition with the 101st guys when they just arrived at the town
This whole series style has been super awesome - Iwo Jima and Battle of Bulge. Great work mate!
Also, what a hero PFC James Hendrix is! Damn the balls on that man. #GreatestGeneration
"Goring believes victory lies with his Air Wing."
Hey, I've seen this one before, it's a classic!
Love the upload schedule. Thank you for these longer series's.
This is the best detailed BotB series. Learning so much more on something I thought I knew a lot about already.
Gonna say it immediately, the audio clips of the tank crew was a great addition!
Thanks!
My dad was in the 87th infantry, 345th regiment, company M, attached to Patton's 3rd army. Was part of a 4-man squad that manned a Browning .30 machine gun. They were mainly a reserve unit. Dad never talked much about the Bulge, but I'm sure he saw a lot of horrors.
Nice work as usual.
Thanks again!
After recently watching the Band of Brothers series for the umpteenth time, and reading Lt. Buck Compton's book, your series about the Battle of the Bulge really shows the true perspective of what these soldiers endured. Thank you for sharing
My favorite part of fridays man…
Cheers.
MAPS! MAPS! MAPS!
I love the Battle of the Bulge series.
I wished you covered Clervaux. The battle for a castle.
Loved the video @The Operations Room! Can't wait for the next video man! Loved Hearing @Squire and Crew join in the Fray for this Series, their part with the Firefly pretty much fits Perfectly with their Channel LMAO! Also, PFC Hendrix really deserved that MoH; Capturing the Crew of 2 FlaK 43 88 millimeter Anti-Aircraft Guns, Suppressing 2 MG 42 Heavy Machine guns to allow for 2 Fellow GI's to Drag 2 Wounded and Pinned down Soldiers and then To Rescue the Driver of a Burning M3 Half-Track and Rolling him in the Snow to extinguish the Flames on the Uniform..... Dear God!
This doesn’t seem to be working out for the Germans.
Yeah, but their idiology is winning in the US itself.
Might be a river to far
@@GM-xk1nw Don't be a 🤡
Historically, no.
I wonder if they'll win the war
Absolutely love watching your productions. Such an immersive way to see the close-up views of what I've only read about before from a bigger perspective. I love pulling up google maps to see the locations you zoom into to see them today. Not surprisingly, many of them have historical markers, noting the battles that occurred there.
My great grandpa commanded a battery of 155mm howitzers attached to the 4th Armored Division (for most of their time in Europe). After traveling almost continuously for 2 days he pulled into their new position. He got out of his Jeep and pointed where he wanted the first howitzer. Walking to the next position he turned to point and the 2nd 3rd and 4th howitzer were nowhere to be seen. Moving at such high speed and over the hard and paved ground made the bogeys break as they weren't designed for those conditions. He said the 3 routes Patton approved were clogged with men and machines and unit cohesion was abandoned because of the numerous mechanical issues. His unit was lucky as they reunited by the end of the day. He did hear of others who overshot and ended up in Belgium by accident because they didn't know where they were going.
Over the years, read and viewed LOTS on thiis battle; not CLOSE to "seeing it" like I did, and do, from these presentations. Bravo!
Continued praise for both your channels and the excellent work you put into your videos and the detailed information and insight they provide. Was not aware of James R. Hendrix until seeing this video. His actions during the drive to relieve Bastogne were amazing! Clearly Bastogne was not only defended by heroes, but was relieved by an impressive group of heroes as well!
Hendrix and Dwight have balls of steel. Eternal respect.
Hendrix totally deserves a movie or a documentary on this day alone. 💪💪💪
I think it's absurd that these videos are demonetized. There's no graphic imagery, and this is important history. The channel should be able to earn something for their efforts.
It's weird how whenever Goring says that the Luftwaffe is the solution to a problem, that suddenly Germany has a spell of bad luck.
Absolutely love your videos man and just want to say Drew Durnil has reviewed one of your videos which I think is great! Congrats to you man the hard work has paid of hopefully!
3:50 - Just because we know of only 800 men making it to german lines, doesn't mean the other 4000 were killed or captured. A good portion of them probably deserted and went straight home. I obviously don't know this from this particular troop, but being german and having had the priviledge of growing up with the generation that had to fight as young men/boys I know that this was a common occurence.
My grandfather for example, who was a civil land surveyor by trade and was pressed into service as a forward observer for field artillery because of those skills, used to tell the story of how HIS war ended on a random day in the italian countryside. He had been directing fire missions all day, but when night fell the requested missions became less and less - even though usually the night would see hightened activity by the batteries. And then, when the first grey lights of the morning started to creep in, he suddenly saw a jeep speeding straight through the hills over rough terrain - fully lit and at suicidal speeds. At first the small forward observer team who had positioned themselves at the top of a church tower to have elevation advantage debated among themselves who could possibly be that idiot driver - certainly not a german as he wasn't blacked out as ordered, also certainly not an american charging an artillery battery with a single jeep, and probably not an italian either as they were not co-located with german troops at that point. As it turned out, it was a message runner of the "Kampfgruppe" HQ they had been supporting by fire all week - and when he rolled into town, he stopped with screeching tires, shouted up the church tower: "Front line overrun. No survivors. Retreat to position X!" - and promptly drove off without awaiting an answer.
Now, my grandfather was the youngest in a group of five soldiers plus their sergeant, so he looked at the others and went: "What do we do? Where is X?" - but nobody of them knew of any plans of withdrawl. The Führer clearly had ordered to fight a last stand and HQ had never mentioned a rally point in case of a loss of the front line... so, thinking on their feet, they quickly looked at each other, nodded and then the sergeant said: "Right. The way I see it, we fine italian gentlemen have found ourselves in the wrong clothes. I think it is best to ask the fine wives of [this town] for proper clothes." - and off they went raiding the homes of the italian town for civilian clothes. Leaving behind their equipment, destroying anything that was considered confidential, they ditched their uniforms and pretended to be random townsfolk ravaged by the war for the next few days when the american offensive just sorta rolled over them. They were caught once, but the american patrol not being able to speak either german or italian they managed to BS the soldiers into letting them go in exchange for cigarettes and chocolate. They then split up to further lower the chance of detection and my grandfather and his battle buddy train-surfed back to their home town, where they pretended to be "flak boys" (i.e. running ammunition for anti air gun crews) who were just running for another flak but the one they were near at any given time until their home town in turn was officially liberated.
Cool story. But unlike your grandfather, Peiper's men were fanatical SS soldiers who had fought on the Eastern Front. Most likely they didn't desert.
Hearing Squire at the start made me go: That's Squire!!!! (the collab we never knew we wanted but we needed)
Dragging a Ferdinand through the Ardennes in the snow is a feat worthy of Fitzcarraldo.
Need a Mark Felton, Operations room collab. Would love one about the battle of Berlin
Epic story telling and visuals. I can wait a week for more, just about.
More brilliant content, along with Intel Report, this truly is a gift, thank you
My grandfather was a BAR gunner in the 26th Infantry Division. I have his CIB mounted next to mine.
Working nights tonight, you uploaded this just before my break. Gives me something amazing to watch!
This is the best animated ww2 series, yet, anywhere on the internet!!.....
I love the continued collaboration with other channels with history. Theres so many more channels id love to see collaborations with History Marche, Oversimplified, Historigraph, Baz Battles.. all of those
Add on History Dose
I’m watching this while in Bastogne 👀. Going to the museums tomorrow
Amazing series, best video so far. Can't wait for the last one!
2:15 Knocking out the ammo and fuel, even by mistake, it's the right thing to do.
Cheers, mate. Just told my wife we need new knives. Great series. Thanks for all the hard work.
You should do some research into those knives.
@@evanmatthews2159 Yeah, they're no good. Visit the link and don't buy, hell get credit for that at least.
what these guys are saying^^^they're owned by a company named "Fail Ventures" that makes dozens of Companies that'll fail in hopes that a few will succeed and bring in tons of money. Kamikoto Knives and Established Titles are 2 of those companies that have recently been exposed for being fraudulent.
Watch shadowversity’s video on it. They’re $300 Walmart knives in a bamboo box 🤡
wohoo! I have been waiting for part 5!
I swear your work is some of the most entertaining content on TH-cam. It must be alot of work, but your making movies that are telling amazing stories from a time that is becoming forgotten.
Love your stuff Operations Room!!
*The Operations Room mentions a Luftwaffe officer discussing plans to regain the initiative*
Two words, ladies and gents: Operation: Bodenplatte.
BTW, if you guys at Ops Room see this, make a special mention of Y-29.
Don't you worry! :)
@@TheOperationsRoom Wow. I never thought this would happen. Can't wait for Part 6.
This series is just amazing, thanks!
Yay it's here! I appreciate these videos so much.
Squire is the last person i expected to see in serious channel like this lmao
I love how you included other TH-camrs in your videos as well. Kudos
I love the Squire line!
What an amazing, excellent job and such a great explanation.
Love this series. Thank you so much. It would be amazing if there was this kind of detail on the Christmas Day attack out west near Champs and Hemroulle. I have a family member who was in the 463 FAB of the 101st and was in the Christmas Day battle there.
I'm just sitting here doing my homework when I hear sir Squire tell his men to load an AP round, a surprise but a welcome one to be sure
American soilders picking up mines with bare hands and storming positions, while the British are complaining the weather is too bad. I laughed way too hard at that
Not quite what I said..
Now that this series is nearly a year beyond its release, I am finally watching it. One of my Great Great Uncles had a boy, Andrew, who perished at The Battle of the Bulge, and I have always felt a keen connection to this significant part of the last year of WWII. It would help if all these various parts were merged into one video, and I'd be more inclined to view both the header and trailer just once, than to have to skip over it half a dozen times, over and over! But if not combined, at LEAST you should title these not just "Part 1" and Part 2," etc., but "Part 1 of 6" and so on. When I watched the first part, I had no idea of how long the total series would be, and I actually had to rely upon the TH-cam algorithm to "feed" me the successive parts, which it usually does, but not always. I am now on Part 5, and I am only guessing that Part 6 is the final video, but I am not certain. Why do you make it DIFFICULT to know what the length of this work is, and what time investment is required to watch it? The only other comment I might offer is that some viewers might have trouble when you switch to a narrator with a strong accent. I have no trouble figuring out the dialog, but some viewers that are less fluent might. When you create a work that is essentially a narrative piece, it seems like it might be best to stick with just one narrator. But this is a picky critique. Otherwise, it was a very good job, and I'll certainly finish watching, although I am still unsure how long this will take! Thanks for the great work! - j q t -
Amazing just amazing I wish history classes could have looked like this
being a huge fan of the band of brothers series and been following the history of easy company, you never really get the idea of just how massive this war was, if you only watched the series, it dosent show just how many others than 101 was invovled in this.
This is phenominal content. Keep it up!!
as soon as i heard Squire's voice a gasped with excitement
Amazing work. please keep doing what you are doing
James Hendrix. Medal of Honor recipient and amazing guitarist.
Also check out the other channel Intel Room and this episode "Battle of the Bulge from the German Infantryman's Perspective"
Sorry it's "The Intel Report"
Superb series that brings something different with each episode that is not readily available elsewhere, and I don't just mean on TH-cam. 👍
Kamikoto knives are made in China from low quality steel not made in Japan. Based in Hong Kong and owned by the same company that owns "Established Titles." I hope you get to keep their money when they go under but I'm sorry to see that you agreed to accept the sponsorship.
Man, imagine charging directly into an ongoing artillery and air bombardment en masse to relieve your comrades. Talk about amazing.
Didn't realize that Jimi Hendrix in addition to guitar genius, was also a war hero
11:55 That map transition 👍
His editing is getting better and better.
@@dudududu1926 It really is. I know how it feels to spend an hour on a transition then sit back and "wow, that's a great 1.5 seconds of video"
@@pjf674 that's me whenever I do some motion Tracking. 30 minutes of work for about 2 seconds in the video lol
The Greatest Generation really is impressive, so many acts of heroism and bravery. I am thankful for these people so much.
I didn't get the sense of the size of some of the units until this episode. I didn't realize how big Kampfgruppe Peiper was. In previous episodes it seemed like they were a small collection of armour but then there's like 4000 men in the battle group.
Armchair Revisionist Field Marshal here - Anybody else wonder if tbe Americans could have blown up a couple bridges Behind Peiper to Box him in? But that was some rough weather & rugged forest ground. They did Good what they did!
Fantastic work Francis and the team.
Interesting that Hendrix went on to survive a 1000ft fall when parachute training and both chutes failed..
The Armored charge towards Bastogne really revolutionized American maneuver or combined arms warfare, aggresively using combined tanks and infantry as mechanized units to captured enemy held towns quickly and effectively
This is funny - After learning about that Kamikoto is a scam, this video is sponsored by them. Established Titles is a scam, and so is Kamikoto - in fact, they're both founded by the same guy!
I've been waiting this for days, finally here's the next part
Incredible work as always, makes you wish TV documentaries would atteign this level of care.
btw where did you guys find that Ferdinand you mention at 2:40 ? Never saw mention of that tank on the western front.
I visited the graves of General Patton and the brave men (and woman) of his army at the Hamm Military cemetery in Luxembourg City, incredibly moving trip.
Your sponsor is managed by a member of the FTX team bro
Yeah, I hope they look into the company. I understand that they need the sponsor money to run the channel (since they have a big team, and TH-cam Ad Revenue isn't reliable) but I hope they can take sponsorships from much more legitimate companies in the future.
$300 Walmart knife in a bamboo box 🤡
Hope yall saw his community post. They are never using them again. They didnt know before this one but have instantly stopped all other sponsers after seeing their bad reviews from here and others
Fantastic work I've struggled to clearly grasp the battle of the bulge until now.
It would be a joy to see a similar project on the Battld of Anzio
I usually have to watch these twice because I keep getting distracted thinking about how badass my grandpa was in this battle. He was part of a mortar team in the 28th.
Awesome job, as usual. Amazing seeing this channel grow from the first video, keep up the good work, thanks for the content/videos.
Once again great video. I am struck by how overly cautious Monty was in the European theater. He distinguished himself in North Africa, but after Normandy was never aggressive enough. Was this instance at the Battle of the Bulge counterattack because of his failure in Operation Market Garden just a few months prior?
I think given how traumatically the German attempt at a similar plan in the Ardennes had just gone, he didn't need to take the same risk
The British didn't have the manpower to replace the dead and wounded, he got the job done despite this.
The entire battle showed how tough it was to launch an offensive in that region. The Germans struggled against far weaker forces with the element of surprise, but a counterattack of that sort would've faced even greater difficulties. It might've worked or it could've been another bloody failure, and arguably an unnecessary one. You could argue either way, but under the circumstances, it's hard to fault his caution.
@@Cailus3542 Patton successfully counterattacked and retook Bastogne, surprised Monty wasn't up to accomplish a counterattack of his own
Also he required all the available firepower, artillery, heavy bombers etc. to cross the Rhine in early 1945, while Patton crossed the Rhine without air support and premilinary artillery to cross the river, just aggresiveness and clever planning.
It was Lt. Charles Boggess who was in the first tank (a Jumbo "Cobra King") that broke through, not Capt. William Dwight. The mines were put on the road AFTER three Sherman tanks had passed. Capt. Dwight removed the mines (after the lone halftrack that was with the tanks drove over them and got destroyed) as he was in the fourth tank in the column. It was also Lt. Boggess' tank that fired on the bunker north of Assenois. Actually, the little tank group fired on two bunkers on the road north of Assenois.
Sadly, no mention of the two battles of Chaumont (December 23 -25, 1944) which halted CCB of the 4th Armored Division. Hadn't CCB been stopped, they would have been the first to make contact with the 101st Airborne Division.
Btw Kamikoto is a shady company/has scammer owners
Fantastic series this, excellent graphics and immense detail on the maps, vehicles, etc. Thank you TOR.
I've been loving the collabs on this series.
at least someone is