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As February began, Third Army's VIII Corps was protecting the right flank of First Army's offensive into the northern Eifel (click the above left arrow twice). VIII Corps continued to advance after First Army's offensive was cancelled.
As February began, Third Army's VIII Corps was protecting the right flank of First Army's offensive into the northern Eifel (click the above left arrow twice). VIII Corps continued to advance after First Army's offensive was cancelled.
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Starting on 4 February, VIII Corps advanced eastward through the Siegfried Line, passing just to the south of and over the Schnee Eifel ridge. It captured Prüm on 12 February, and then assumed an aggressive defensive posture through the remainder of the month, advancing eastward to the Kyll River.
Arrows in the accompanying map are labeled with battalions and regiments, mostly from the 4th and 90th Infantry Divisions. |
The VIII Corps Drive on Prüm, 2-10 Feb 1945
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Sources for Big Pigeon's The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm webpage:
Major sources:
Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm:
† Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE.
Major sources:
- The Last Offensive, Chapter V, The Drive on Pruem (the United States Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations series, Charles B. MacDonald, 1973) - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Last/USA-E-Last-5.html.
- German Prisoners Carry Wounded GI, webpage header photo, excerpted from http://imwesten.com/photos-then/ - C/O The Drive on and Beyond the Prüm River, imwesten.com. This excellent website also has a series of maps detailing the advance to and beyond Prüm.
- The VIII Corps Drive on Prüm, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Last/maps/USA-E-Last-III.jpg - Map # III of The Last Offensive cited above.
Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm:
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Dead module.
† Braden, Clyde Edward, SN 37-656-928, US Army, Montgomery Co. & Adams Co., NE.
- 346th Inf. Regt., 87th Inf. Div., VIII Corps, Third Army; KIA 2 Mar 1945 near Ormont, NW of Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; The ETO > Siegfried Line 1945 > VIII Corps to Prüm.