Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath, Belgium, along the key route for the German advance on the northern shoulder of the operation. It was fought between two squads totalling 18 men belonging to an American reconnaissance platoon, four U.S. Forward Artillery Observers, and a battalion of about 500 German paratroopers. During a day-long confrontation, the American reconnaissance troops inflicted dozens of casualties on the Germans and delayed by almost 20 hours the advance of the entire 1st SS Panzer Division, the spearhead of the German 6th Panzer Army.
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath, Belgium, along the key route for the German advance on the northern shoulder of the operation. It was fought between two squads totalling 18 men belonging to an American reconnaissance platoon, four U.S. Forward Artillery Observers, and a battalion of about 500 German paratroopers. During a day-long confrontation, the American reconnaissance troops inflicted dozens of casualties on the Germans and delayed by almost 20 hours the advance of the entire 1st SS Panzer Division, the spearhead of the German 6th Panzer Army.
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Bataille de la crête de Lanzer ...... 17 décembre 1944 en Belgique.
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The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge ...... American unit of World War II.
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German victory; Ardennes offensive continued
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1st Battalion, 9th Fallschirmjaeger Regiment,3rd Fallschirmjaeger Division(500 men);
1st SS Panzer Division
27thFusilierRegiment,12th Volksgrenadier Division(50 men)
Forward Observation Team, Battery C, 371st Field Artillery (4 men)
Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Regiment,99th Infantry Division(18 men);
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Bataille de la crête de Lanzer ...... sation sur la carte : Belgique
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The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge ...... of the German 6th Panzer Army.
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Bataille de la crête de Lanzerath
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
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Battle of Lanzareth Ridge
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