Blood and Steel 3 · The Wehrmacht Archive - The Ardennes Offensive, December 1944 to January 1945 by Graves, Donald E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents List of Plates Introduction A Note to the Reader German Ranks and Their Equivalents Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in Text and Notes Chapter 1: Orders: December 1944 to February 1945

Order of the Day, C in C West, 15 December 1944 Orders, 66 Corps, December 1944 Order of the Day for Christmas 1944 Order of the Day from C in C West, 13 February 1945

Chapter 2: Special Forces (1): 150th Panzer Brigade and Operation Greiff

Special English-Speaking Units in the German Army Orders Regarding Special Units Germans Disguised as US Troops German Deception Germans in US Uniforms Account of Wilhelm Schmidt, Einheit Stielau German Soldiers in American Uniform Department – Appeals and Apologies

Chapter 3: Special Forces (2): Kampfgruppe Peiper

Chapter 4: Special Forces (3): Kampfgruppe von der Heydte

Parachute Battle Group von der Heydte More About Parachute Battle Group von der Heydte Freiherr von der Heydte’s Last Battle Personality: Lieutenant-Colonel von der Heydte

Chapter 5: Formation and Unit Organization and History

Organization: 1st SS Panzer Division 1st SS Panzer Division: Mission and Atrocities 9th SS Panzer Division ‘Hohenstaufen’ 12th SS Panzer Division 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion Führer Escort Brigade 506th Heavy Tank Battalion Sorting Out the Paratroops History of 23rd Parachute Regiment: Interrogation of Freiherr von Frankenburg The Present State of 3rd Parachute Division Radio Intercept Regiment West

Chapter 6: Letters To and From the Front

‘We MARCH!’: A German Soldier to His Sister, c. 14 December 1944 Christmas in the Ardennes Ardennes Letter Letters from Home Three Whispers from the Reich

Chapter 7: Diaries

An Infantry Officer’s Diary of the Ardennes Diary of a Disgruntled Panzergrenadier Christmas in the Ardennes A Sniper’s Diary From Victory to Defeat: Diary of an Artillery Officer Diary of a Stoic Panzergrenadier

Chapter 8: Tactics and Methods

German Soldier, Use Your Eyes! Tricky American Methods of Fighting Awards for Breaking Out of Encirclement Another Ten Commandments The Germans Prepare for the Winter What the Americans Fear Most German Tactics in Attack Battalion Defence in the Ardennes Loading and Movement of Heavy Tanks Security Measures for the Ardennes Offensive A German Tank Man Talks About German Tanks Tactical Employment of a Werfer Regiment Reduction of Casualties in 116th Panzer Division Feldmarschall Model on War Testing of Allied and Enemy Tanks Gentle Order

Chapter 9: Interrogation of Prisoners of War

Interrogation of Americans German Methods of Handling Allied Prisoners, Dead and Casualties German Interrogation Methods at Regimental Level

Chapter 10: Propaganda

What Germany is Saying: German Radio Propaganda 13–19 December 1944 German Propaganda for Christmas 1944 Canadian Soldiers! What Germany is Saying: German Radio Propaganda for Week ending 14 January 1945 Nazi Indoctrination Bulletin This is Your Achievement … Or Is It? Propaganda for Paratroops

Chapter 11: Morale and Discipline

Rewards for Apprehending Deserters Morale of Ardennes-Weary Divisions Masterly – But Not Masterly Enough Stragglers, Please Note!

Chapter 12: Humour (Such As It Was)

More About Model A Day at the Cage or Never a Dull Moment

Chapter 13: Miscellaneous

This is the Enemy Please Use Your Influence From the File of Colonel Katzmann Leave Instructions Lieutenant-General Richard Schimpf – 3rd Parachute Division A Nazi Sees The Light