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Category : 106th Infantry Division
Tags: 2nd Inf Div, 32nd Cav Recon Squadron, 422nd Infantry Regiment, 423rd Infantry Regiment, 424th Inf Regt, 424th Infantry Regiment, 591st FAB, 634th AAA AW Bn, 820th TDB, Aachen, Aix-la-Chapelle, Andler, Bleialf, Capt M. M. Dolitsky, CCB-7-AD, CCB-9-AD, Col Glatteaver, Col John Stokes, Cologne, Cpl John Howard, Cpt James Wells, December 12 1944, December 16 1944, December 17 1944, December 18 1944, December 25 1944, December 6 1944, England, Faymonville, France, Heckhalenfeld, Herresbach, Koblenz, Koln, Limesey, Lt Col Philip Hoover, Lt James Willis, Maj J. O’Sullivan, Manhay, March 15 1945, Monschau, Mutzenich, Operation Griel, Roer River, Roer River Dams, S/Sgt John Schlesser, Saar Basin, Saarbrucken, Sarlouis, Schnee Eifel, Schoenberg, Sgt Charles Datte, Sgt James Brackett, St Vith, Steinebruck, Trier, Wallerode, Weppeler, Wereth, Winterspelt
By October 1944 the Allied forces in Western Europe had swept across France and were generally poised along the western frontier of Germany. The rapidity of the advance across France and the resulting extended front, pressed to the limits of logistical support, had quickly reduced the impetus of advance. As the problem of supply became more acute, large scale advance became impossible and the front stabilized. Checked as they were at the fixed defenses along the German border, the mounting of a full scale assault became necessary and toward this end momentous efforts were directed. However, Allied commanders, determined to maintain the initiative and to continue the drive into Germany at the earliest opportunity, launched a series of limited attacks preliminary to operations which were to mean the final destruction of all German forces west of the Rhine River.
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