Post by connie on Jul 18, 2013 14:39:03 GMT -5
I just spotted a 5 part History Channel series on the Battle of the Bulge with a Battlefield Detectives title. Each segment runs about 9 minutes. I watched them all yet, but I will. (the 2nd is what I saw first). Obviously they take a broader look at the Bulge. The ones I saw seem to zero in on the 99th Division Positions on the North Shoulder, but the 106th was mentioned. And a lot of the territory covered looks similar to the 106th positions.
The header above the first clip reads:
On 16 December 1944 the Germans started their ARDENNES OFFENSIVE. The 106th Infantry Division, in place on a salient jutting out into Germany were hit with full force. After three days of battle, two of the Regiments, the 422nd and the 423rd were surrounded. The 424th, south of the other two regiments, was able to withdraw and join with the 112th Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division. They formed a Regimental Combat Team and were successful in the oncoming days of January 1945 in helping counter the German attack driving the Germans back through the same area where the 106th had been in position in mid-December 1944. This German Offensive became known in the U.S. Forces journals as The Battle of the Bulge.
Battlefield Detectives: Battle of the Bulge Part 1 of 5: www.liveleak.com/view?i=be3_1196126719
Battle Field Detectives part 2 of 5 on the Battle of the Bulge (about 9 minutes):
www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a5_1196128230
This discusses both the weather and the physical setting of the bulge. Hans Wjers is along for the examination of the terrain.
Looking at the wooded setting they tromped took me back to memories of exploring the site of Floyd's Foxhole at the 424G location with Floyd, Carl, and others.
What do you think, Floyd?
Part 3 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=e13_1196128607
Part 4 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=8a6_1196128953
Part 5 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ae_1196129299
The header above the first clip reads:
On 16 December 1944 the Germans started their ARDENNES OFFENSIVE. The 106th Infantry Division, in place on a salient jutting out into Germany were hit with full force. After three days of battle, two of the Regiments, the 422nd and the 423rd were surrounded. The 424th, south of the other two regiments, was able to withdraw and join with the 112th Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division. They formed a Regimental Combat Team and were successful in the oncoming days of January 1945 in helping counter the German attack driving the Germans back through the same area where the 106th had been in position in mid-December 1944. This German Offensive became known in the U.S. Forces journals as The Battle of the Bulge.
Battlefield Detectives: Battle of the Bulge Part 1 of 5: www.liveleak.com/view?i=be3_1196126719
Battle Field Detectives part 2 of 5 on the Battle of the Bulge (about 9 minutes):
www.liveleak.com/view?i=0a5_1196128230
This discusses both the weather and the physical setting of the bulge. Hans Wjers is along for the examination of the terrain.
Looking at the wooded setting they tromped took me back to memories of exploring the site of Floyd's Foxhole at the 424G location with Floyd, Carl, and others.
What do you think, Floyd?
Part 3 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=e13_1196128607
Part 4 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=8a6_1196128953
Part 5 of 5
www.liveleak.com/view?i=8ae_1196129299
