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Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:07 pm to FightinTigersDammit
87th mechanized recon jumped into the line at St Vith and kept the Germans at bay for days. Screwed the entire operation up for Germany. Lt.Colonel Boylen was a bad arse.
Good reads out there about this battle.
Good reads out there about this battle.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:08 pm to RollTide1987
The machine was done after Stalingrad.
Is what it is.
Is what it is.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:11 pm to RollTide1987
That’s where powpow got his silver and bronze star.
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:16 pm to RollTide1987
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1,600 pieces of artillery, spread out over an 80-mile front.
don't know if the Germans planned this or not but 1,600 arty pieces over an 80 mile front winds up being one every
88 yards.... coinidence?
This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 7:17 pm
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:29 pm to RollTide1987
Disappointed no mention of the Ghost Army.
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As Gen. George Patton set out to relieve Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, he received vital assistance from a top-secret deception unit. It wasn’t the first time they came to his aid. Officially known as the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, this handpicked group of GIs used inflatable tanks, sound effects, radio trickery and other forms of illusion to fool the Germans about the strength and location of American units. From Normandy to the Rhine, they carried out 22 different battlefield deceptions, working with Patton at several key junctures.
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Part of the effectiveness of the Ghost Army came from the fact that it would employ real tanks and artillery pieces along with the fake ones, to make the dummies in the distance seem to blend in with the others.) The Ghost Army, today, is estimated to have saved tens of thousands of soldiers' lives with its deceptions, and to have been instrumental in several Allied victories in Europe. It accomplished all that by, among much else, taking "the art of war" wonderfully literally.
This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 12/16/19 at 7:46 pm to LSU Tigerhead
This was hanging on the wall in jump school when I went. The guys in WW2 set the standard for what was expected out of paratroopers from that time forward. Those guys were nothing short of incredible.
The rest of the story is... the tank commander was Will Rodgers son. He said to his guys “if he isn’t retreating neither are we”. They ended up building a strong point behind that trooper that held for the duration of the battle.
This post was edited on 12/16/19 at 7:50 pm
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