Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich

Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Prologue
Acknowledgments
Tactical Symbols
Maps
1. The Story of a Suitcase
2. The Volks-Grenadier Division
3. Origins and Lineage of Füsilier Company 272
4. Of Mortal Coil—The Men of Füsilier Company 272
5. Arrival in the Hürtgen Forest
6. The Battle for Bergstein
7. Fight for Control of the Kall River Gorge: The Assault on “Castle Hill”
8. Two Divisions Collide at Kesternich
9. The Defense of Kesternich
10. The Interlude of January 1945
11. The Americans Drive on the Dams
12. Withdrawal Beyond the Roer
13. The Retreat to the Rhine
14. The Battle for Hönningen
15. Last Stand on the Wied Defense Line
16. From the Hürtgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich
Epilogue
Endnotes
Appendices
	A. Command and Staff, 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division
	B. Volks-Grenadier Division Crew-Served Weapons
	C. Standard Organization of a Volks-Grenadier Division and a Füsilier Company
	D. Volks-Grenadier Division Numbering
	E. Higher Headquarters of the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from 2 November 1944 to 12 April 1945
	F. Table of German Rank Equivalents
	G. Knight’s Cross and German Cross in Gold Holders, 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division
	H. Füsilier Company 272 Casualties and Replacements, September 1944–March 1945
Bibliography
Index