"In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to blunt the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. However, Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles and the breakout of the American forces. As the battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the well-equipped and trained US Army, the Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the US Army from establishing bridgeheads over the Moselle along Germany's western frontier."

Includes maps of: Strategic Situation, 1 SEP 1944; Hitler's Planned Panzer Offensive, 10 SEP 1944; Patton's Third Army Crosses the Moselle River, 5-11 SEP 1944; Destruction of Panzer Brigade 106, 8 SEP 1944; 4th Armored Division Encircles Nancy, 11-14 SEP 1944; Destruction of Panzer Brigade 112 at Dompaire, 13 SEP 1944; Tank Battle at Arracourt, 19 SEP 1944; Arracourt, 25-29 SEP 1944.

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