In autumn 1944 Germany's panzerdivisions on the Western Front had to be rebuilt after the defeat in Normandy. In this video I analyse this process and the encountered difficulties up until the eve of the offensive. It is based on my own research in primary and secondary sources.
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Archival sources:
German Federal Archives, file RH 10/141 [2nd Panzer Division]; file RH 10/148 [9th Panzer Division]; file RH 10/149 [11th Panzer Division]; file RH 10/163 [116th Panzer Division]; file RH 10/172 [130th Panzer Lehr Division]; file RH 10/313 [2nd SS Panzer Division]; file RH 10/318 [9th SS Panzer Division]; file RH 10/349 [Armoured vehicles allocation, September-October 1944]; file RH 10/350 [Armoured vehicles allocation, November-December 1944];
Literature sources:
Thomas L. Jentz, Panzertruppen: The Complete Guide to the Creation & Combat Employment of Germany's tank Force 1943 - 1945 (Schiffer Military History, 1996).
Percy Ernst Schramm, The Preparations for the German Offensive in the Ardennes [Sep-16 Dec 44] MS#A-862 (U.S. Army Military History Institute, n.a.).
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