Table of Contents

• PREFACE

• CHAPTER I
  • Introduction
  • Beginning the New Offensive

• CHAPTER II
  • The 746th Tank Battalion in support of the 9th Infantry Division
  • The 47th RCT captures and holds Schevenhütte
  • The 39th RCT near Lammersdorf
  • The 60th RCT near Monschau
  • The Attack on Germeter and Vossenack
  • Employment of Tanks
  • Summary

• CHAPTER III
  • The 707th Tank Battalion in support of the 28th Infantry Division
  • Action at Vossenack
  • Action at Kommerscheidt and Schmidt
  • Logistical Considerations
  • Conclusions

• CHAPTER IV
  • The 745th Tank Battalion in support of the 1st Infantry Division
  • Combat Operations
  • Conclusions

• CHAPTER V
  • The 70th Tank Battalion in support of the 4th Infantry Division
  • Planning the Attack (1-16 Nov)
  • Initial Penetration by the 8th Regiment (15-19 November)
  • Attack of Grosshau by the 22nd Infantry
  • The German Counterattack
  • Summary

• CHAPTER VI
  • The 709th Tank Battalion in support of the 8th Infantry Division
  • Assault to Hürtgen (12-28 November 1944)
  • Hürtgen to the Corps Objective (29 Nov-5 Dec)
  • Conclusions
  • Summary

• CHAPTER VII
  • The 5th Armored Division and the Hurtgen Battle
  • The Fifth as a Mobile Reserve (1 Oct to 19 Nov)
  • Hürtgen-Kleinhau-Bergstein Plan (19--23 Nov)
  • The Hürtgen Operation (23 to 25 Nov)
  • Kleinhau Operation (28 to 30 Nov)
  • Brandenberg Operation (30 Nov to 4 Dec)
  • Bergstein Operation (4 to 8 Dec)
  • Grosshau to Schafberg (29 Nov to 5 Dec)
  • Push to the ROER (9 to 15 Dec)
  • Logistics
  • Summary

• Conclusions

• Tactics

• Bibliography

• Appendix I - Terrain Study

• Appendix II - Order of Battle - U.S. Forces

• Appendix III - Order of Battle - German Forces

• Appendix VI - Artillery

 

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