Why German Officers Couldn't Understand How U.S. Infantry Fought So Effectively In Complete Darkness
December 17, 1944. 0300 hours. A Belgian crossroads called Lausdell. 600 American infantrymen in unprepared positions, dug into frozen pastureland with explosives because their entrenching tools bounced off the ground. Against them — the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and the 277th Volksgrenad