Dear Leo,
Thank you for sharing your documents. I am sure this took years of research on your part, and is incredibly generous of you to offer to forum members at no cost.
Thanks and kind regards,
Rand
According to Trevor Dupuy's "Hitler's Last Gamble", DR lost 635 KIA; 1,936 WIA and 866 MIA for the period 21 Dec 44 to 16 Jan 45. These figures come from the divisions daily personnel records.
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Maybe we'll finally get the answer. They'll find him with the "Gold Train".
Just purchased Doug Nash's "Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp" the 272 VGD's battles in the Hurtgen Forest. Very interesting, highly detailed book. Congratulations and thanks, Doug.
Breathing life into a long ago thread. Does anyone have any information on the combat strength of the divisions trapped in the Ruhr Pocket at the end of the war? Troop strength, armor strength, artillery?