Operation WINTERGEWITTER
German for "Winter Attack"
Attack on the US 92nd Division in Serchio Valley - December 26-31, 1944 The Germans launched an attack on the west coast against the US 92nd "Buffalo" Infantry Division. The German attack was scheduled about the same time as their Ardene Offensive at Bastogne (aka, Battle of the Bulge). The attack, which has been described as a reconnisance in force, hit the 92nd Division hard, resulting in a total of 529 killed, wounded and missing.
When the offensive began, the 92nd Division had recently arrived in Italy in August 1944 and was still untested. It was holding a front along a line of towns of Vergemoli, Calomini, Gallicano, Barga and Bebbio. The Americans fell back through Pedona valley to San Romano. The German advance was halted at Fornaci. The Germans claimed that their objective was to relieve pressure off of the Bologna front. The advance was stopped only a few miles beyond Barga.
The Allies reinforced the front with troops from the IV Corps: the 19th & 21st Indian Brigades of the 8th Indian Division, 135th Regimental Combat Team of the US 34th Infantry Division and the 337th Regimental Combat Team of the US 85th Infantry Division. GERMAN UNITS
285th Grenadier Regiment of the 148th Grenadier Division
Brescia Alpine Battalion of the Italian Monta Rosa Division
286th Grenadier Regiment of the 148th Grenadier Division
4th Mountain Battalion
Austro-German 'Mittenwald' Battalion -----
Custermen
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
the battle of the bulge.
The battle of the Bulge
the German offensive at the battle of the bulge caused a 'bulge' in the allied front lines, thus came about the term 'battle of the bulge'........
the bulge was a German offensive to split allied forces
battle of the bulge
The popular name is "The Battle of the Bulge". The official German name was "Operation Watch on the Rhine". The official British name is "Battles of the Ardennes". The official US name is "Ardennes-Alsace Campaign".
The last great German offensive of WW2 was the "Battle Of the Bulge" in December 1944.
The Battle of the Bulge.
It was the last German offensive before they were forced into a full retreat.
The Battle of the Bulge marked the last major German Offensive on the Western Front of World War 2. It also marked America's largest and bloodiest battle in the entire war.