MEN OF WAR (PC): Kampfgruppe Peipers’ Last Stand - December 28th 1944 - La Glaize

12 days after the onslaught of Operation “Autumn Mist“ in the Battle of the Bulge, the German advance is sputtering out.. The U.S. Army engineers blow bridges & blast roadways, forcing the heavy Panzers to take to narrow bicycle trails & thick woods.. Fuel supplies for the Germans are non-existant & Pattons 3rd Armoured Division is already swinging north in overwhelming force to “erase the bulge“.. The U.S. 101st Airborne held the Belgian town of Bastogne despie the furious German onslaughts, thus cutting off this vital crossroad that leads to Hitler’s primary objectives.. Factor in as well that the weather has cleared & massive Allied airpower is boming the German troops relentlessly day & night.. The Germans are forced to defend whichever perimeter they occupy, without supplies or of German armoured vehicles & thousands of troops are shattered from the constant air attacks.. Kampfgruppe Peiper, was the German armoured spearhead once meant to sha