January 1, 1945
[Wingen sur Moder, 40 Km NW of Strasbourg]:[H2H] [HIST] [GD]. In the first week of 1945, the operation Nordwind was planned by Hitler as an aditional attack linked to major german offensive in the Ardennes area. This operation was focused in the Alsace area, a large mountainous area heavily wooded with a few available roads suitable for vehicles movements. The new arrived german 6th SS Gebirg Division will be the task to open the attack from the Alsace-Lorraine border to the south, with the main objective at Saverne Gap. In the area, Americans deployed the 70th Infantry Division with some armored units attached to control 40 Kms in a supossed calm frontline. The german plan for the well-trained SS mountain troops were infiltrate in the forest, attack and hold the main roads to south to allow the second echelon of forces from 21st Panzer Div and 25th Panzergrenadier Div to cross the area without difficulty. As soon as the Schreiber's Gebirgs men starting the attack, the progress will be evident, favoured by terrain,alerting to Americans and looking for enemy roadblocks that blocked any allied reinforcement. The major penetration of german attack will be the village of Wingen, where the US 276th Regiment had a hard task to halt the enemy attack, who infiltrated more than 300 men in the village, cutting the main road in Wingen during 30 hours...[ALL: N VV].
Hawk Kriegsman
Panzerjaeger
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