St. Vith: Lion In The Way

The 106th Infantry Division In World War II

[1st ed.]

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St. Vith: Lion In The Way

The 106th Infantry Division In World War II

[1st ed.]

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252

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Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword ix
Chapter 1: The Bulge 1
Chapter 2: Birth of a Division 5
Chapter 3: Into the Line 9
Chapter 4: The Storm Breaks 21
Chapter 3: The Second Red Day 63
Chapter 6: The Third Day 103
Chapter 7: The Fourth Day 133
Chapter 8: The Fifth Day 158
Chapter 9: The Sixth Day 165
Chapter 10: A Fortified Goose Egg 172
Chapter 11: The End of the Salient 177
Chapter 12: Totting Up the Score 191
Chapter 13: The Second Round 195
Chapter 14: Turn of the Tide 202
Chapter 13: Into the Losheim Gap 213
Chapter 16: Last Lap of Battle 219
Chapter 17: Prisoners by the Million 224
Chapter 18: Tallyho and Finis 233
Appendix I: Operation Greif 235
Appendix II: Order of Battle 236
Appendix III: Organization and Training 239
Appendix IV: DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS 249
Appendix V: Award of Croix de Guerre With Silver-Gilt Star 252
Photographs 253
Maps
1: The Golden Lions Committed. (Area Occupied by the 106th Infantry Division, 11 December 1944) 10
2: The Northern Flank 20
3: The Losheim Gap. (Positions of the 14th Cavalry Group and 422d Infantry, 16 December 1944) 24
4: The Southern Gateway. (Positions of the 423d and 424th Infantry Regiments, 16 December 1944) 36
5: The Tragedy of the Schnee Eifel 138
6: Parker's Crossroads. (The Big Picture) 184
7: Last Stand of the 589th Field Artillery Battalion 185
8: The First Fight at Manhay. (25 December 1944) 196
9: The Second Fight at Manhay. (26 December 1944) 198
10: First Offensive. (Attack Across the Ambleve, 13 January 1945) 204
11: The Fight for the Ridge. (15 January 1945) 208
12: Into the Losheim Gap. (25 January 1945) 216
13: Journey's End. (7 March 1945) 220
14: The POW Area of the 106th Infantry Division 228

Edition Notes

Published in
Washington, D.C., USA

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.542
Library of Congress
D769.3 106th .D85

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 252 p.
Number of pages
252

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL6049090M
Internet Archive
StVithLionInTheWay
LCCN
49008955
OCLC/WorldCat
568668502
Library Thing
4727843

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3842318W

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