Eindhoven The Ardennes Counter-offensive: Schelde Estuary The German Plan, Dec.Krefeld 1944 s R a h a i NETH. AlliedM front line, 15 Dec. n e 6th BELGIUM Pa West Wall nze Roermond r ANTWERP A H Albe rm Rheydt rt y XXXXX Ca O B lde nal bje che ct NETH. S ive Susteren GERMANY R o er BRUSSELS Jülich 5 Louvain th Panzer Maastricht Düren Aachen A rmy Objective 15 Liège XXXX Eupen 6 PZ Verviers xxx Huy LXVII e Namur Meus Malmédy xxx Charleroi 1 SS 6 PZ XXXX 5 PZ bre Werbomont Sam Dinant St Vith xxx LXVI r La Roche u Prüm O Houffalize S Givet Rochefort xxx E I F E L E LXVIII N Dasburg 5 PZ xxx XXXX N 7 Bastogne XLVII BELGIUM E GER. xxx FRANCE D R LUX. LXXXV Bitburg A BELG. xxx Libramont LUX. Diekirch e LXXX N ûr Neufchâteau S Mo 7t Ettelbruck xxx sel h Ar LIII S my Ob em jectiv 0 20 miles o e Trier is B Meuse Sedan XXXXXG 0 20 km ix x 0 4 miles III 424 The Fifth Panzer Army Attacks 0 4 km Gouvy LXVI N XXX the 28th Infantry Division, LVIII SS 16–19 Dec. 1944 Huldange Beiler III U.S. front line, P.M. 15 Dec. he Malscheid Our Ourt 112 28 U.S. outpost unoccupied at night xx 116 Lützkampen U.S. forward positions, P.M. 19 Dec. Steinbach Weiswampach German infantry attacks, 16–19 Dec. Ouren Horspelt xx German armoured attacks, 16–19 Dec. Leiler 116 Houffalize Trios Vierges Sevenig West Wall xx 16–17 Dec. 560VG xx 116 Heinerscheid 18–19 Dec. Bertogne Hardigny LVIII SS xx XXX xx Fishbach XLVII PZ 116 2 erf Noville Cl xx Salle Givry Longchamps Donnange 2 Bourcy Marnach Roder III Clerf Dasburg 502 Foy III III 506 Longvilly Allerborn Munshausen 327 Bizory Oberwampach Hosingen xx III Mageret xx Hubermont Bastogne 26VG Senonchamps 501 LEHR II xx E 326 Wardin LEHR Eschweiler Chenogne III 327 W il Erpeldange Marvie Bras tz Holzthum 5 PZ II XXXX O 7 TF CARAWAY Wiltz u II r Sibret Assenois 3 2110(+) Weiler III Roullingen Stolzembourg 5 Hoscheid Tarchamps Nothum Nocher Vill l B E Buderscheid II 19 Dec. To Houffalize Tenneville Rcn 116 Trois Monts 19 Dec. 21 Dec. Bertogne Hardigny Rachamps Ortheuville Compogne TEAM 19 Dec. DESOBRY xx 20 Dec. 2(-) II Givry Monaville Noville Bourcy Rcn(+) 2 Recogne Salle Herbaimont Longchamps III Moinet 502 Foy TEAM Sprimont BOOTH III Flamierge xx Flamizoulle Champs 506 xx CCR(-)/9 III AM 19 Dec. TEAM elts 2 Amberloup 26 xx 26 VG(-) 39 VG(-) II xx CHERRY(-) 101 19 Dec. 3 327 101 Longvilly 21 Dec. X III Mandé- 158th Bizory 26 II Hemroulle Savy B 10 77 St. Étienne X Engr. VG 58 Bn(-) R 9 Mageret 19 Dec. Oberwampach 21 Dec. III xx 21 Dec. Tillet 21 501 elts LEHR xx Niederwampach II Bastogne LEHR(-) Benonchamps I TEAM C E 35 BROWN 35th Engr. II Senonchamps II Bn(-) Rcn 26VG Team Moircy 1 327 II II Cherry 21 Dec. Chenogne E 326 2 327 HQ Wardin Marvie Villeroux TEAM Bras II O’HARA Bastogne, 19–23 Dec. 1944 Rcn(+) LEHR U.S. unit locations, AM 19 Dec. III Sibret 901 LEHR N U.S. front line, 21–23 Dec. Assenois Remonfosse German attacks, 19–23 Dec. Axis of other German movements Clochimont 0 5000 yards xi U.S. movements 0 5000 metres xii To Houffalize III 26 Noville 77 VG(-) Givry Bourcy Monaville Recogne Salle II II Longchamps II E 26 VG 2 Herbaimont 3 25 Dec. Foy Sonne-Fontaine II Champs 1 502 II Rolle III Flamierge 25 Dec. 506 3 Flamizoulle II 502 III 2 327 1/502(-) III Longvilly III A.M. 25 Dec. 76 26 VG 115 15 Mandé- Hemroulle 25 Dec. Savy Bizory St. Étienne xx II II 101 506III 501 2 3 X Mageret B 10 Niederwampach 26 Dec. X R 9 Bastogne Benonchamps II Rcn 26VG Mont II II Neffe Senonchamps 1 3 II II 501 III Chenogne E 326 2 327 Wardin III 26 Marvie 39 VG Bras Villeroux III Bastogne, 25–26 Dec. 1944 x 901 LEHR R 4 N U.S. front line, 25–26 Dec. Sibret 26 Dec. Major German attacks, 19–23 Dec. 0 4000 yards Axis of U.S. movements Assenois Remonfosse 0 4000 metres heuville III Fishbach 26 Noville 77 erf Salle VG Bourcy Cl Donnange Roder The Southern Shoulder, Givry III Clerf Dasburg Herbaimont 502 Foy Michamps 22–26 Dec. 1944 III III p Arloncourt III Munshausen U.S. positions, P.M. 21 Dec. 115 15 506 26 Longvilly III 78 VG Oberwampach Hosingen U.S. positions, P.M. 26 Dec. Tillet Hubermont 5 501 Mageret II Bastogne XXXX7 Axis of U.S. armoured attack Rcn 26 VG III LD Line of departure 327 Eschweiler Chenogne Wardin W West Wall III ilt Erpeldange 26 26 Dec. IIIMarvie z Holzthum 39 Bras O VG Wiltz u LIII 901 LEHR r Sibret XXX 0 5 miles N Assenois Lutrebois LXXXV Weiler XX Roullingen Hoscheid Stolzembourg 0 5 km 15(-) Tarchamps XX Remichampagne Nothum Nocher X elts 28 X XX B Sainlez Bovigne LXXXVXXX XX Harlange FUEHRER 79 VG LXXX 24 Dec. 5 Vaux-les- Surré III Rosieres X Hollange Kehmen R Burnon Baschleiden III 319 III XX Boulaide 101 317 XX 276 VG Tintange II Heiderscheid Bettendorf X Eschdorf III 352 VG 6 Rcn 104 II A Diekirch Arsdorf 90 Rcn XX II III Bollendorf Gilsdorf 212 VG elts E 178 Grevils-Brésil Ettelbruck 109 III Bigonville III Eppeldorf 328 Merzig II III 3 318 III X 26 Dec. Grosbous 90 Rcn XX 5 11 Martelange III Emsdorf 10 ARM Beaufort 2 R X 109 Berdorf III 23 Dec. A Haller 10 Hostert Savelborn Echternach Pratz Vichten Waldbillig 80 XX XX 26 26 5 4 ARM Christnach III XX 4 12 9 ARMXX TF L Osweiler Rodenhof Bissen 4 III VIII Scheidgen XXX III 22 III Niedercalpach LD Consdorf III 104 328 22 Dec. LD 22 Dec. Mersh III III Habay-La-Neuve X 319 318 XXX XIII xiii A X 22 Dec. 22 Dec. III AM 22 Dec. B AM 22 Dec. Ortheuville xiv To Houffalize 0 4 miles Widening the Bastogne Corridor, 0 4 km Givry Longchamps xx Noville 27 Dec. 1944–17 Jan. 1945 Monaville Bourcy N Herbaimont Salle III 9 SS U.S. front line, P.M. 26 Dec. 1 SS PZ 26 Recogne 77 VG XXX II XLVII PZ xx Moinet Bastogne southern perimeter Sprimont Foy Michamps & corridor, P.M. 26 Dec. 902 LEHR Champs III 12 SS Flamierge Flamizoulle 502 U.S. frontline, P.M. 2 Jan. Amberloup III Arloncourt 26 III Longvilly 39 VG Savy xx 506 III Oberwampach St. Hubert Hubermont II 26 3 Bizory 78 VG III x 327 Tillet Mageret X 115 15 FB X Bastogne Niederwampach Bonnerue Pironpré B xx Vesque Jenneville B 101 ABN 340 VG Houmont X Senonchamps 9 ARMXX Wardin III Moircy A X 1 SS PZ X XXX XXXIX PZ 346 X Chenogne A A R Lavaselle Villeroux Marvie xx Bras XX 167 VG x 9 ARM Remagne 87 11 ARM Bras XX Magerotte III 6 ARMXX III FUEHRER 11 ARM Sibret 35 6(-) Assenois III Lutrebois 901 LEHR 26 Dec. Morhet 134 Roullingen xx Tarchamps Rondu xx 1SS Clochimont 5 9 VG XXXX Nothum Hompré II Lutremange 7 xx Rcn III 5(+) Buderscheid VIII X Villers-la-Bonne-Eau 104 15 III 87 XXXIII III XX B(+) III Harlange Bovigne 101 104 11 ARM Sainte III 4 5 Livarchamps 137 Libramont III 320 Flohimont Vaux-les- XX XX Rosieres 35 X 4 ARM 11 Surré Baschleiden A(+) 29 Dec. Boulaide XX 35 III 87 XX Tintange 26 101 29 Dec. II 6 Rcn III X 26 Dec. 104 A 9 A.M. 27 Dec. XXXIII VIII Neufchateau 1. A rare photo of African-American gunners of the 969th Field Artillery Battalion readying their heavy 155mm pieces just west of Bastogne as the Germans approach from the east. 2. A drawing by Horst Helmus, a soldier from Kokott’s 26th Volksgrenadier Division, depicts a German anti-tank team in action at Assenois, just south of Bastogne, during the siege on December 21. 3. A blurred image of medics of the 101st Airborne at work inside Bastogne as winter tightens its grip. 4. The wreckage of an L-4 Grasshopper near Sibret. The light and agile spotter aircraft played a crucial role in bringing down American artillery barrages on enemy targets all around Bastogne. 5. Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne set up their equipment on a pile of bricks on December 23. They have just been parachuted into town and will guide C-47s loaded with urgently needed medical supplies and ammunition to the drop zones inside the besieged town’s perimeter. 6. A crashed P-47 Thunderbolt near Marvie. German troops feared the powerful fighter-bomber, which they called the Jabo, more than anything else. 7. Another drawing from the hand of Volksgrenadier Horst Helmus shows Germans scanning the horizon at Assenois, the village through which Patton’s 4th Armored Division would force its way into Bastogne from the south on December 26. 8. A 4th Armored Division half-track passes German POWs on a road south of Bastogne. 9. Belgian civilians stream out of Bastogne with few belongings. The photo appears to have been taken at the end of December, not long after the arrival of Patton’s spearheads. 10.