“The Battle of the Ardennes was practically over. The salient which once poked 52 miles into Belgium from the German frontier had been ground down to a nub by last week…. The German retreated slowly and in good order. In the sleet and fog of the Ardennes they pulled back their armor and other vehicles while their artillery and infantrymen put up stiff rearguard actions.”
KEY WORDS: French First Army at the Belfort Gap 1945,French First Army Colmar Pocket 1945,American Ninth Army on the Roer River January 1945,German General Hermann Balck First Army 1945,German General Hermann Balck 19th Army
