Chapter 5
Endnotes
1. Combat Interv with Corlett, filed with XIX Corps Combat Intervs for Sep 44.
2. For a detailed account of the German order of battle and operations in this sector, see Lucian Heichler, The Germans Opposite XIX Corps, a study prepared to complement this volume; copy in OCMH.
3. MS # B-792, Die Kaempfe der 49. Inf Div von der Maas bis an den Westwall noerdlich Aachen (2 Sep 44-18 Sep 44) und die Kaempfe um den Westwall (10 Sep 44-10 Nov 44) (Macholz); Rpt, 49th Div to LXXXI Corps, 14 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Meldungen der Div; TWX (Weekly Strength Rpt as of 16 Sep 44), LXXXI Corps to Seventh Army, 22 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Befehle an Div.
4. MS # B-372 (Schmidt).
5. See below, Chs. VI and IX.
6. OKWIWFSt KTB, Ausarbeitung, der Westen 1.IV.-16.XII.44, MS # B-034 (Schramm).
7. Entries of 3 and 4 Sep 44, OB WEST KTB (Text); MS # B-717, Zusatz zurn Bericht von Oberst i.G. Geyer (concerning First Prcht Army) (Student).
8. MS # B-717 (Student).
9. Rpt on Trip to 176th Inf Div, 1st Lt Klaus Liebrecht to Model, 7 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Op.-Befehle; MS # B-362, 176. Inf Div (Landau).
10. TWX, A Gp B to OB WEST (relaying and endorsing Msg, Student to A Gp B), 1400, 9 Sep 44, and Order, A Gp B to First Prcht Army, 2105, 9 Sep 44, both in A Gp B KTB, Operationsbetehle; MS # B-372, Kaempfe [der 275. Inf Div] in Nordfrankreich (Schmidt); and Noon Sitrep, A Gp B, 1345, 10 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Letzte Meldung.
11. 113th Cav Gp and 2d Armd AARs, Sep 44.
12. For operations of the 113th Cavalry Group and the 30th Division, see official records of the group, division, and attached units. An unofficial history of the 30th Division by Robert L. Hewitt, entitled Workhorse of the Western Front (Washington: Infantry Journal Press, 1946), is comprehensive and apparently authoritative. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" in recognition of its Tennessee-Carolinas National Guard origin, the 30th Division entered combat on 10 June. At Mortain, in Normandy, the division held a flank of the American breakout at Avranches against the major German panzer counterattack to cut off Hodges' and Patton's armored spearheads. General Bradley, in A Soldier's Story, page 375, calls the 30th the "Rock of Mortain."
13. Rad, 49th Div to LXXXI Corps, 1440, 10 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Meldungen der Div; MS # B-372 (Schmidt).
14. Order, LXXXI Corps to 275th and 49th Divs, 2210 and 2215, 11 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Kampfverlauf; Daily Sitrep, LXXXI Corps to Seventh Army, 2300, 11 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Tagesmeldungen.
15. Tel Convs, Seventh Army with LXXXI Corps, 1500 and 1600, 12 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Kampfverlauf.
16. In MS # B-372, General Schmidt has provided a lucid if somewhat mock heroic account of this action. Records of American units also tell of it.
17. Order, LXXXI Corps to all divs, 2230, 12 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Befehle an Div.
18. Rad, Seventh Army to LXXXI Corps (relaying order, A Gp B), 0300, 13 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Befehle: Heeresgruppe, Armee, usw.
19. MS # B-372 (Schmidt).
20. See Defensive Line Between Maastricht and Aachen, notes on a captured document to be found in G-2 Sec, XIX Corps AAR, Sep 44; also LXXXI Corps Order for Preparation to Occupy West Wall, 10 Sep 44, V Corps G-2 file, 14 Sep 44.
21. Tel Convs, Seventh Army with LXXXI Corps (relaying order, Model to Seventh Army), 2050, 13 Sep 44 and LXXXI Corps with 275th Div, 2345, 13 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Kampfverlauf.
22. MS # B-373, Kaempfe in Rheinland der 75. Infanterie-Division (Schmidt).
23. MSS # B-372 (Schmidt) and # B-792 (Macholz).
24. General Harmon formally assumed command on 12 September when General Brooks left in anticipation of assuming command of the V Corps (see above, Ch. III). The 2d Armored (Hell on Wheels) Division had the same organization as the 3d Armored Division of the VII Corps (see above, Ch. IV). Having campaigned previously in North Africa and Sicily, the division entered combat in Normandy on 10 June. Its after action reports for September are particularly detailed. The division has published a sketchy account of its operations, entitled, A History of the Second United States Armored Division, E. A. Trahan, ed. (Atlanta, Ga.: A. Love, 1947).
25. Noon Sitrep, A Gp B, 1530, 14 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Letzte Meldung.
26. Mng Sitrep, A Gp B, 0730, 17 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Letzte Meldung; Daily Sitrep, A Gp B, 0400, 18 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Tagesmeldungen.
27. Order, A Gp B to First Prcht Army, 2230, 18 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB Operationsbefehle.
28. See below, Ch. VI.
29. Daily Sitrep, A Gp B, 0230, 19 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB Tagesmeldungen; Mng Sitrep, A Gp B, 0900, 19 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Letzte Meldung.
30. Tel Conv, LXXXI Corps with 176th Inf Div, 2150, 19 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Kampfverlauf.
31. Tel Convs, Seventh Army with LXXXI Corps, 1910 and 2400, 16 Sep 44, and 0115, 17 Sep 44, Schack with G-3 LXXXI Corps, 2300, 16 Sep 44, and LXXXI Corps with 275th Div, 0035 and 0110, 17 Sep 44, all in LXXXI Corps KTB, Kamplverlauf; Order, LXXXI Corps to all divs, 2000, 16 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Befehle an Div; Daily Sitrep, LXXXI Corps to Seventh Army, 2140, 16 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Tagesmeldungen; MS # B-373 (Schmidt).
32. MS # B-753, Die Kaempfe der 183. Volksgrenadier-Division im Raume Geilenkirchen von September 1944 bis Ende januar 1945 (Lange).
33. Ibid.
34. Order, A Gp B to Seventh Army, 2230, 18 Sep 44, A Gp B KTB, Operationsbefehle.
35. Tel Conv, Seventh Army with LXXXI Corps, 1115, 19 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Kampfverlauf.
36. Ibid.; Orders, Seventh Army to LXXXI Corps (relaying A Gp B orders intended for 183d VG Div), 1050 and 1220, 19 Sep 44, LXXXI Corps KTB, Befehle: Heeresgruppe, Armee, usw.
37. For fuller details and documentation on this period, see Heichler, Germans Opposite XIX Corps, pp. 54-63.
38. XIX Corps FO 26, 19 Sep, XIX Corps G-3 file, 19 Sep 44.
39. Ltr, Bradley to Eisenhower, 14 Sep 44, 12th A GP 371.3, Military Objectives, I. Note also par. 6, 21 A Gp Gen Opnl Sit and Dir M-523, 3 Sep 44, same file.
40. For a detailed account of this operation, see Capt. Franklin Ferriss, Operation of Task Force "Stokes," 16-18 September, 1944 a preliminary manuscript in XIX Corps Combat Interv files.
41. Memo to CG XIX Corps, 15 Sep 44, FUSA G-3 file, 9-23 Sep 44.
42. XIX Corps FO 26, 19 Sep 44; 113th Cav Gp and 2d Armd Div AARs, Sep 44.
43. 30th Div G-3 Jnl, 22 Sep 44. See also Tel Convs, Corlett with Hobbs, recorded in 30th Div G-3 Jnl file, 19-22 Sep 44; Memo, Corlett for Hodges, 21 Sep 44, XIX Corps G-3 file, 19-22 Sep 44; Sylvan Diary, entry Of 22 Sep 44; Ltr, Corlett to OCMH, 2 Sep 53, OCMH.
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