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79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Mercy Mission at Hatten

Completely cut off from the world in Hatten and Rittershoffen on January 11th, 1945, 2nd Battalion of the 315th Infantry Regiment was fighting at close range. Men were exhausted, some time running out of ammunitions

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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, France, Alsace, Operation Northwind, 25thPanzergrenadier Division, WWII Rittershoffen Hatten, 14th Armored Division

79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Final blow at Hatten ?

The battle of Hatten was now on, the young and unexperimented German soldiers met until then by the US Troops had given way to determinated veterans and 79th Infantry Division had to deal with them.

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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, France, Alsace, WWII - Alsace-Lorraine, WWII 315th Infantry Regiment, WWII Rittershoffen Hatten

79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Hold Hatten

Two once pretty Alsatian villages lost in the countryside. These words perfectly define Rittershoffen and Hatten, no one lives there and according to US soldiers no one would like but these two places became the central

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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, WWII 315 Infantry Regiment, France, Alsace, Operation Northwind, Hatten, 25thPanzergrenadier Division, WWII 315th Infantry Regiment, WWII Rittershoffen Hatten

79th Infantry Division - Saverne Gap: Captain Raymond Harvey

During the Saverne Gap battle it was the entire 79th Infantry Division which had been used, all of the elements without any exceptions. Indeed, while the 314th Infantry Regiment was fighting for villages of Hameau

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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, Medal of Honor recipient, Medal of Honor, France, Alsace

79th Infantry Division - Parroy Forest: In the Mud

Note: Some information may contradict each other regarding the actions performed by the battalions, or regarding the enemy forces. This is due to the ferocity of the fighting, some men testified to have seen halftracks,

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Topics: WWII 79th Infantry Division, Siegfried Line, WWII 313 Infantry Regiment, France, Lorraine, France, Alsace

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79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Mercy Mission at Hatten

79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Final blow at Hatten ?

79th Infantry Division - Operation Northwind: Hold Hatten

79th Infantry Division - Saverne Gap: Captain Raymond Harvey

79th Infantry Division - Parroy Forest: In the Mud

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