What German divisions fought at the battle of the bulge?

Answer 1

The German attack fell mostly on the US First Army. The US Ninth Army was north of the First, and the British were north of the Ninth Army. Because the German breakthrough appeared as though it were going to reach a small Belgian town through which the landlines strung by Signal Corps troops for telephone communications ran, Eisenhower made the decision to place the troops north of the German breakthrough temporarily under the command of the 21st Army Group, commanded by Montgomery, until the troops north and south could cut through the Bulge and reunite - about eight or nine days. This put Montgomery over US troops, and after the battle was stabilized he made some outlandish claims trying to seize credit for having to "rescue" the incompetent Americans. This was par for the course for Montgomery, yet another of his "what a good boy am I" pronouncements, and came very near to causing his relief by Eisenhower. British newspapers took their cue from Montgomery's overstatements and presently Churchill was obliged to remind the House of Commons that "The Americans have engaged thirty or forty men for every one we have engaged, and have lost sixty to eighty men to every one of ours."

The primary role of British troops was in guarding the crossings of the Meuse River, the initial German objective, which freed American troops from that duty to join the battle.

The British troops involved were from the XXX Corps, which included the 6th Airborne Division, the 51st (Highland) Division, the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, the 29th Armoured Brigade and the 33rd Armoured Brigade. The Corps reserve was the Guards Armoured Division, the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, and the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division !

Answer 2

German Order of Battle, Ardennes Offensive:

Oberbefehlshaber West
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

Army Group B

Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model

Fifth Panzer Army

General der Panzertruppen Hasso von Manteuffel

19th Flak Brigade 207th and 600th Engineer Battalions 653rd Heavy Antitank Battalion 669th Ost (East) Battalion 638th, 1094th, and 1095th Heavy Artillery Batteries 25th/975th Fortress Artillery Battery 1099th, 1119th, and 1121st Heavy Mortar Batteries 3rd Todt Brigade (paramilitary engineers)

XLVII Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz

15th Volkswerfer Brigade 182nd Flak Regiment 766th Volksartillerie Corps 2nd Panzer Division Col Meinrad von Lauchert 3rd Panzer Regiment 2nd and 304th Panzergrenadier Regiments 74th Artillery Regiment 2nd Recon Battalion 38th Antitank Battalion 38th Engineer Battalion 273rd Flak Battalion 38th Signals Battalion 9th Panzer Division Genmaj Harold von Elverfeldt 33rd Panzer Regiment 10th and 11th Panzergrenadier Regiments 102nd Artillery Regiment 9th Recon Battalion 50th Antitank Battalion 86th Engineer Battalion 287th Flak Battalion 81st Signals Battalion 301st Heavy Panzer Battalion (attached) Panzer Lehr Division Genlt Fritz Bayerlein 130th Panzer Regiment 901st and 902nd Panzergrenadier Regiments 130th Artillery Regiment 130th Recon Battalion 130th Antitank Battalion 130th Engineer Battalion 311th Flak Battalion 559th Antitank Battalion (attached) 243rd Assault Gun Brigade (attached) 26th Volksgrenadier Division Col Heinz Kokott 39th Fusilier and 77th and 78th Volksgrenadier Regiments 26th Artillery Regiment 26th Recon Battalion 26th Antitank Battalion 26th Engineer Battalion 26th Signals Battalion Fuhrer Begleit Brigade Col Otto Remer 102nd Panzer Battalion 100th Panzergrenadier Regiment 120th Artillery Regiment 120th Recon Battalion 120th Antitank Battalion 120th Engineer Battalion 828th Grenadier Battalion 673rd Flak Regiment

LXVI Corps
General der Artillerie Walter Lucht

16th Volkswerfer Brigade (86th and 87th Werfer Regiments) 244th Assault Gun Brigade 460th Heavy Artillery Battalion 18th Volksgrenadier Division Col Hoffman-Schonborn 293rd, 294th, and 295th Volksgrenadier Regiments 1818th Artillery Regiment 1818th Antitank Battalion 1818th Engineer Battalion 1818th Signals Battalion 62nd Volksgrenadier Division Col Frederich Kittel 164th, 193rd, and 190th Volksgrenadier Regiments 162nd Artillery Regiment 162nd Antitank Battalion 162nd Engineer Battalion 162nd Signals Battalion

LVIII Panzer Corps
General der Panzertruppen Walter Kruger

7th Volkswerfer Brigade (84th and 85th Werfer Regiments) 401st Volksartillerie Corps 1st Flak Regiment 116th Panzer Division Genmaj Siegfried von Waldenburg 16th Panzer Regiment 60th and 156th Panzergrenadier Regiments 146th Artillery Regiment 146th Recon Battalion 226th Antitank Battalion 675th Engineer Battalion 281st Flak Battalion 560th Volksgrenadier DivisionCol Rudolf Langhauser 1128th, 1129th, and 1130th Volksgrenadier Regiments 1560th Artillery Regiment 1560th Antitank Battalion 1560th Engineer Battalion 1560th Signals Battalion

XXXIX Panzer Corps
Genlt Karl Decker

167th Volksgrenadier Division Genlt Hans-Kurt Hocker 331st, 339th, 387th Volksgrenadier Regiments 167th Artillery Regiment 167th Antitank Battalion 167th Engineer Battalion 167th Signals Battalion Sixth Panzer Army

Oberstgruppenfuhrer der Waffen SS Josef Dietrich

506th Heavy Panzer Battalion 683rd Heavy Antitank Battalion 217th Assault Panzer Battalion 394th, 667th, and 902nd Assault Gun Battalions 741st Antitank Battalion 1098th, 1110th, and 1120th Heavy Howitzer Batteries 428th Heavy Mortar Battery 1123rd K-3 Battery 2nd Flak Division (41st and 43rd Regiments) von der Heydte Fallschirmjager Battalion 4th Todt Brigade

I SS Panzer Corps
SS-Gruppenfuhrer Hermann Priess

4th Volkswerfer Brigade (51st and 53rd Werfer Regiments) 9th Volkswerfer Brigade (14th and 54th Werfer Regiments) 388th Volksartillerie Corps 402nd Volksartillerie Corps 501st SS-Artillery Battalion 501st SS-Artillery Observation Battalion 1st SS Panzer Division SS Oberfuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke 1st SS Panzer Regiment 1st and 2nd SS Panzergrenadier Regiments 1st SS Artillery Regiment 1st SS Recon Battalion 1st SS Antitank Battalion 1st SS Engineer Battalion 1st SS Flak Battalion 1st SS Signals Battalion 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion (attached) 84th Luftwaffe Flak Battalion attached 3rd Parachute Division Genmaj Wadehn 5th, 8th, and 9th Parachute Infantry Regiments 3rd Artillery Regiment 3rd Recon Battalion 3rd Antitank Battalion 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd signals battalion 12th SS Panzer Division SS Standartenfuhrer Hugo Kraas 12th SS Panzer Regiment 25th and 26th SS Panzergrenadier Regiments 12th SS Artillery Regiment 12th SS Recon Battalion 12th SS Antitank Battalion 12th SS Engineer Battalion 12th SS Flak Battalion 560th Heavy Antitank Battalion (attached) 12th Volksgrenadier Division Genmaj Gerhard Engel 27th Fusilier and 48th and 89th Volksgrenadier Regiments 12th Artillery Regiment 12th Antitank Battalion 12th Fusilier Battalion 12th Engineer Battalion 12th Signals Battalion 277th Volksgrenadier Division Col Wilhelm Viebig 289th, 990th, and 991st Volksgrenadier Regiments 277th Artillery Regiment 277th Antitank Battalion 277th Engineer Battalion 277th Signals Battalion Panzer Brigade 150 Obersturmbannfuhrer der Waffen SS Otto Skorzeny Two Panzer companies Two Panzergrenadier companies Two antitank companies A heavy mortar battalion (two batteries) 600th SS Parachute Battalion Kampfgruppe 200 (Luftwaffe ground unit) An anti-partisan company

II SS Panzer Corps
SS Obergruppenfuhrer Willi Bittrich

410th Volksartillerie Corps 502nd SS Panzer Battalion 502nd SS Heavy Artillery Battalion 502nd SS Artillery Observation Battalion 2nd SS Panzer Division SS Brigadefuhrer Heinz Lammerding 2nd SS Panzer Regiment 3rd and 4th SS Panzergrenadier Regiments 2nd SS Artillery Regiment 2nd SS Recon Battalion 2nd SS Engineer Battalion 2nd SS Flak Battalion 2nd SS Signals Battalion 9th SS Panzer Division SS Oberfuhrer Sylvester Stadler 9th SS Panzer Regiment 19th and 20th SS Panzergrenadier Regiments 9th SS Artillery Regiment 9th SS Recon Battalion 9th SS Antitank Battalion 9th SS Engineer Battalion 9th SS Flak Battalion 9th SS Signals Battalion 519th Heavy Antitank Battalion (attached)

LXVII Corps
Genlt Otto Hitzfeld

17th Volkswerfer Brigade (88th and 89th Werfer Regiments) 405th Volksartillerie Corps 1001st Heavy Assault Gun Company 3rd Panzergrenadier Division Genmaj Walter Denkert 8th and 29th Panzergrenadier Regiments 103rd Panzer Battalion 3rd Artillery Regiment 103rd Recon Battalion 3rd Antitank Battalion 3rd Engineer Battalion 3rd Flak Battalion 3rd Signals Battalion 246th Volksgrenadier Division Col Peter Koerte 352nd, 404th, and 689th VG Regiments 246th Artillery Regiment 246th Antitank Battalion 246th Engineer Battalion 246th Signals Battalion 272nd Volksgrenadier Division Genmaj Eugen König 980th, 981st, and 982nd Volksgrenadier Regiments 272nd Artillery Regiment 272nd Antitank Battalion 272nd Engineer Battalion 272nd Signals Battalion 326th Volksgrenadier Division 751st, 752nd, and 753rd Volksgrenadier Regiments 326th Artillery Regiment 326th Antitank Battalion 326th Engineer Battalion 326th Signals Battalion Seventh Army

General der Panzertruppen Erich Brandenberger

657th and 668th Heavy Antitank Battalions 501st Fortress Antitank Battalion 47th Engineer Battalion 1092nd, 1093rd, 1124th, and 1125th Heavy Howitzer Batteries 660th Heavy Artillery Battery 1029th, 1039th, and 1122nd Heavy Mortar Batteries 999th Penal Battalion 44th Machine Gun Battalion 15th Flak Regiment 1st Todt Brigade

LIII Corps
General der Kavallerie Edwin von Rothkirch

9th Volksgrenadier Division Col Werner Kolb 36th, 57th, and 116th VG Regiments 9th Artillery Regiment 9th Antitank Battalion 9th Engineer Battalion 9th Signals Battalion 15th Panzergrenadier Division Col Hans Joachim Deckert 104th and 115th Pzgr Regiments 115th Panzer Battalion 115th Artillery Regiment 115th Recon Battalion 33rd Antitank Battalion 33rd Engineer Battalion 33rd Flak Battalion 33rd Signals Battalion Führer Grenadier Brigade Col Hans Joachim Kahler 99th Pzgr Regiment 101st Panzer Battalion 911th Assault Gun Brigade 124th Antitank Battalion 124th Engineer Battalion 124th Flak Battalion 124th Artillery Regiment

LXXX Corps
General der Infanterie Franz Beyer

408th Volksartillerie Corps 8th Volkswerfer Brigade 2nd and Lehr Werfer Regiments 212th Volksgrenadier Division Genmaj Franz Sensfuss 316th, 320th, and 423rd VG Regiments 212th Artillery Regiment 212th Antitank Battalion 212th Engineer Battalion 212th Signals Battalion 276th Volksgrenadier Division Gen Kurt Mohring (later Col Hugo Dempwolff) 986th, 987th, and 988th VG Regiments 276th Artillery Regiment 276th Antitank Battalion 276th Engineer Battalion 276th Signals Battalion 340th Volksgrenadier Division Col Theodor Tolsdorff 694th, 695th, and 696th VG Regiments 340th Artillery Regiment 340th Antitank Battalion 340th Engineer Battalion 340th Signals Battalion

LXXXV Corps
General der Infantrerie Baptist Kniess

406th Volksartillerie Corps 18th Volkswerfer Brigade (21st and 22nd Werfer Regiments) 5th Parachute Division Col Ludwig Heilmann 13th, 14th, and 15th Parachute Infantry Regiments 5th Artillery Regiment 5th Recon Battalion 5th Engineer Battalion 5th Flak Battalion 11th Assault Gun Brigade 352nd Volksgrenadier Division Col Erich Schmidt 914th, 915th, and 916th Volksgrenadier Regiments 352nd Artillery Regiment 352nd Antitank Battalion 352nd Engineer Battalion 352nd Signals Battalion 79th Volksgrenadier Division Col Alois Weber 208th, 212th, and 226th Volksgrenadier Regiments 179th Artillery Regiments 179th Antitank Battalion 179th Engineer Battalion 179th Signals Battalion Luftwaffe

II Fighter Corps
Genmaj. Dietrich Peltz

III Flak Corps
Genlt. Wolfgang Pickert

Answer 3

The 101st AIRBORNE DIV. near Bastogne and The 82nd AIRBORNE DIV. near Noville.

Answer 4

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