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Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) Gerd von Rundstedt, Oberbefehlshaber West (OB West the commander of German forces in western Europe) established Panzergruppe West, (commanded by General der Panzertruppe Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg from 19 November 1943 to 4 July 1944) as a headquarters for the administration and training of the seven Panzer divisions based in northern France and Belgium.
In six months, the strength of the German army had fallen from 5.1 million fighting men to 4.2 million. [34] By July, the German superiority of numbers on the Western Front had sunk to 207 divisions to 203 Allied, a negligible lead which would be reversed as more American troops arrived. [31] German manpower was exhausted.
It managed to penetrate several miles into the American lines, before being stopped by the 35th Infantry Division and a combat command of the 3rd Armored Division only 2 mi (3.2 km) short of Avranches. [1] [15] The German High Command ordered the attacks to be renewed before the afternoon, so that Avranches could be taken. [17]
The Germans husbanded their resources in the preceding months at the expense of the units defending against the Allied strategic bombing in what was a last-ditch effort to keep up the momentum of the German Army (Heer) during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge (codenamed "Operation Watch on the Rhine" German: Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein).
The Germans husbanded their resources in the preceding months at the expense of the Defence of the Reich units in what was a last-ditch effort to keep up the momentum of the German Army (German: Heer) during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge (German: Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein).
5 March: [1] [4] 37 divisions (discounting air armies and the Yugoslav 3rd Army) 465,000 men; 407 tanks (398 operational) 6,597 assault guns and mortars; 293 rocket launchers; 965 aircraft (17th Air Army only – 3rd Ukrainian Front) Casualties and losses; German offensive (6–15 March 1945): Germany. Army Group South: 12,358 men [5] 31 ...
A preliminary German report estimated their losses at 50, [72] but the 3rd Krajina Brigade estimated German losses at 191 dead and wounded. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] The 105th SS Reconnaissance Battalion column overcame the resistance of local Partisan units and the 1st and 4th Battalions of the 13th Dalmatian Brigade, and by the end of the day had reached ...
By 21 December 1944, the German momentum during the Battle of the Bulge had begun to dissipate, and it was evident that the operation was on the brink of failure. It was believed that an attack against the United States Seventh Army further south, which had extended its lines and taken on a defensive posture to cover the area vacated by the United States Third Army (which turned north to ...