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La Gleize
Kampfgruppe Peiper, commanded by the veteran Jochen Peiper from 1st SS Panzer Division (LAH), crossed the border at the Losheim Gap at the start of Operation Autumn Mist on 16th December. His units captured a fuel depot near Honsfeld, and further along their line of advance at Malmady, some of his men took part in a massacre of US prisoners. As he reached Stavelot on 18th December, the Kampfgruppe met its first serious resistance. Peiper left some of his men to fight, while the main column diverted via the bridge at Trois Ponts. However, this had been blown and the Americans were resisting strongly here as well, so instead Peiper took the road to Coo and La Gleize.
La Gleize was reached, but efforts to push beyond it were thwarted. Peiper then found himself in defence of the village over the next few days, before the remnants of his Kampfgruppe sneaked through the American lines and escaped. In the process they leave behind 135 vehicles in and around the area. In La Gleize alone they abandoned:
47 half-tracks (SPW)
7 Panzer IV
12 Panther G
1 Panther H
6 Tiger II (King Tigers)
6 Bisons (150mm Hows)
3 Puma
1 Flak half-track
2 half track vehicles
4 Russian
120mm mortars
1 Flakpanzer IV
1 Steyr truck
1 Schwimmwagen
1 Ketten-Krad
1 BWM Motor Bike
3 cars (Steyr 1500 A/01)
1 75 mm cannon
1 flak cannon
1 US Jeep (captured and used by the Germans)
1 Dodge (captured and used by the Germans)
1 Dodge ambulance (captured and used by the Germans)
1 truck (type unidentified)
source: La Gleize King Tiger
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The lead soldier seem to be carrying an MP 44!!!??? I haven't seen that before! The rest are standard. I find that a bit unusual for US troops!
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Jim, MP44 or STG44 (Sturmgewehr '44) the original "Assault Rifle". They showed up at the Bulge. Got to wonder how long he kept it and were it is now.....Frank
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How ironical that the German King Tiger was brought down by virtue of the fact that it was built like a high-end British sports car while the lowly Sherman was built like a Volkswagen.
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The Germans did have a habit of over engineering things. The King Tiger was designed for the Russian plains not the towns of France.
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Man on the left front, in overcoat, seem to have an MP40... I guess they are on their way to the post office to mail the captured stuff home.....
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No Tom, I think if you look closely you will see the rear sight of an M3 SMG. But maybe you're right... they're discussing how to package up the Tiger for shipping back to Brooklin . Wonder where it IS now?
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