The Pied Pipers WTO (id:#64054)

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Hamelin, Germany 1945-04-05 (6 others)

Overview:

The breakout from the Rhine River had happened with blinding speed. All across the plains of Germany, town after town fell with such rapidity that no real defense could be mounted by the disorganized and often bewildered German defenders. Most of the captured towns were simply points on a map to the onrushing soldiers of the American Army. The soldiers of the 2nd Armored Division found it amazing that one small German town had a familiar name. Hamelin, of the Pied Piper storybook fame, really existed. The soldiers of the 2nd Armored had no time for sightseeing, however,. The town was rapidly bypassed by the racing armored columns. But not all Germans were ready to lay down their arms. Units of the 30th Infantry Division, moving in tandem with the 2nd Armored, were fired on from Hamelin hours later. Diehard SS troops were holed up in the town, determined to fight on. The infantrymen of the 117th Regiment were detailed to dig them out.

Defender: German (SS) (Diehard SS Holdouts)  

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