Comments on: World War II: Desperate Hours at Kesternich http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-desperate-hours-at-kesternich.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:38:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ed Malouf (Dallas, Texas http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-desperate-hours-at-kesternich.htm/comment-page-1#comment-179284 Ed Malouf (Dallas, Texas Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:23:32 +0000 #comment-179284 On the 13th of December, 1944 the 2nd Battalion ((includes "F" Company) of the 310th Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division attacked Kesternick, They got into a serious situation, so the second battalion of the 309th Regiment was sent in. Kesternich ans Simmerath werre keys for the resupply of German forces that were to attack in the Battle of the Bulge. Get a copy of Lt. Colonel Edward Miller's book A DARK AND BLOODY GROUND and you will find your answer. "F" Company was amongst the 549 Americans who were killed, captured, or Missing in Action in the Battle The battalion strength was 871. What happened was that the German 116th Panzer Diiivison was on it's way through Kesternich, and Simmerath to get into place for the BULGE. . KESTERNICH, and ESPECIALLY SIMMERATH were FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN BASTOGNE in stopping the Germans. Historians are gradually getting the drift. The Germans went AROUND Baston=gne, and I personally consider the Bastogne incident a "MEDIA EVENT., for it was WEST of Bastogne that the Germans nearly got to the Muese River. Col. Miller's book is published by the Texas A & M University Press, and it won the prestiiigiuos POGUE AWARD for the best military book published in 1997. On the 13th of December, 1944 the 2nd Battalion ((includes "F" Company) of the 310th Regiment of the 78th Infantry Division attacked Kesternick, They got into a serious situation, so the second battalion of the 309th Regiment was sent in.
Kesternich ans Simmerath werre keys for the resupply of German forces that were to attack in the Battle of the Bulge. Get a copy of Lt. Colonel Edward Miller's book A DARK AND BLOODY GROUND and you will find your answer. "F" Company was amongst the 549 Americans who were killed, captured, or Missing in Action in the Battle
The battalion strength was 871. What happened was that the German 116th Panzer Diiivison was on it's way through Kesternich, and Simmerath to get into place for the BULGE. . KESTERNICH, and ESPECIALLY SIMMERATH were FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN BASTOGNE in stopping the Germans. Historians are gradually getting the drift. The Germans went AROUND Baston=gne, and I personally consider the Bastogne incident a "MEDIA EVENT., for it was WEST of Bastogne that the Germans nearly got to the Muese River. Col. Miller's book is published by the Texas A & M University Press, and it won the prestiiigiuos POGUE AWARD for the best military book published in 1997.

]]> By: Fiedler Rudi http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-desperate-hours-at-kesternich.htm/comment-page-1#comment-43636 Fiedler Rudi Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:15:23 +0000 #comment-43636 Hallo! Ich suche nach meinen Vater, Rudi Walter Fiedler, geboren am 24.12.1914. Mein Vater war Angehöriger der 8. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 980, Feldpostnummer 04716 E. Er war zuletzt eingesetzt bei Kestenich/ Eifel wärend der Abwehrkämpfe gegen vorrückende Amerikanische Verbände. Sein letzter Kompaniechef war Leutnant Helmers. Kann mir Jemand Helfen? Danke, Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Rudi Fiedler Hallo!
Ich suche nach meinen Vater, Rudi Walter Fiedler, geboren am 24.12.1914.
Mein Vater war Angehöriger der 8. Kompanie/ Grenadier-Regiment 980, Feldpostnummer 04716 E.
Er war zuletzt eingesetzt bei Kestenich/ Eifel wärend der Abwehrkämpfe gegen vorrückende Amerikanische Verbände.
Sein letzter Kompaniechef war Leutnant Helmers.
Kann mir Jemand Helfen?

Danke,

Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Rudi Fiedler

]]> By: drew fair http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-desperate-hours-at-kesternich.htm/comment-page-1#comment-17557 drew fair Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:48:22 +0000 #comment-17557 i was watching a program on the allied attack on the west wall of germanys border in 1945, at one point it was mentioned that a whole uss company vanished without trace (f company). can any body tell me has this vanishing ever been solved ? sorry the information im providing is a littel vage, but its all i have. Drew. i was watching a program on the allied attack on the west wall of
germanys border in 1945, at one point it was mentioned that a
whole uss company vanished without trace (f company). can any
body tell me has this vanishing ever been solved ? sorry the
information im providing is a littel vage, but its all i have. Drew.

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