Battle of the bulge german tank division12/25/2023 Center: On the 22/23 December the Fifth Panzer Army is only a few kilometers ahead of Dinant.Center: Bastogne is surrounded and bypassed. North: Sixth Panzer Army is blocked by 82nd Airborn.Center: The Fifth Panzer Army reached Bastogne but after 101st Airborn was rushed there. North: Sixth Panzer Army advance but fails to reach army depots.South: US Army Corps VIII blocks the advance of the 7th German Army 28th and 106th Infantry Divisions with great success. Center: The Fifth Panzer Army attacked positions held by the U.S. North: Sixth Panzer Army's infantry units fared badly against 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions.The Germans tried to repeat their 1940 performance and drive the Allies to a new Dunkirk.The offencive started on 16 December 1944 Hidden from Allied air surveillance, the Germans massed their forces to attack through the Ardennes hoping to reach open ground beyond the Meuse for a dash to the coast.
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