Panzer Raid Netherlands 1944 - Ardennes Offensive Dress Rehearsal?
February 3, 2025
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In October 1944, two German panzer divisions launched a raid in strength against the US 7th Armored Division that was defending an area of the eastern Netherlands called the Peel Marshes. The surprise attack saw the Germans quickly capture several towns and villages, causing consternation in the Allied camp. The Peel Marshes attack looked like a mini-Ardennes Offensive, a dress-rehearsal for the much bigger German attack 2 months later in Belgium and Luxembourg. Today, it remains almost unknown.
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Primary Source: MacDonald, Charles B., US Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations - The Siegfried Line Campaign: Chapter 10: The Peel Marshes
Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv
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