Men at war assault squad 2 setting up battles

To complement this attack, the 1st and 3rd battalions of the 12th SS GebirgsjГ¤ger (Mountain Infantry) Regiment, 6th SS Mountain Division, commanded by Colonel Franz Schreiber, were directed to push toward Wingen. For days the overcast sky brought early darkness to already short days.ДЄt daybreak on January 3, the 361st Volksgrenadier Division (VGD), as part of the German Nordwind offensive, launched an attack on Reipertswiller, 10 miles northeast of Wingen. The snow was waist deep, with drifts even deeper, and temperatures hovering around zero, as strong winds drove them even lower. In January 1945 the weather was particularly cruel. The terrain was difficult, with steep slopes surrounding the town. The one most of the GIs would become familiar with was at the western end. There were also two railroad underpasses going beneath the tracks at both ends of the town. Flix Catholic Church and the train station. In the town proper were the Wenk Hotel, the St.

One of the key features of the small hamlet was a railroad line that sat on an embankment above the town and just below a ridge that dominated it to the north.

But it was here that GIs of the 70th 'Trailblazers' Infantry Division engaged in some of the most intense combat of the Alsatian campaign. Outwardly, Wingen-sur-Moder (Wingen on the Moder River) was just a typical French village nestled in the Hardt Mountains. Originally published by World War II magazine.

Men at war assault squad 2 setting up battles