Erich Brandenberger
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Erich Brandenberger was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
Erich Brandenberger (left) with Erich von Manstein in the Soviet Union, 1941
Luger pistol surrendered by Brandenberger to Brooks, currently in the collection of the Sullivan Museum and History Center, Norwich University.
Battle of the Bulge
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The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and referred to by the Germans as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was an offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War,
Erich Brandenberger
…November 1943 - Jun 1944) on the Eastern Front. In late 1944 and early 1945, Brandenberger led the 7th Army on the Western Front during the German Ardennes Offensive. He surrendered to the American forces commanded by Edward H. Brooks on 6 May 1945 as the commander of 19th Army in Innsbruck. He was interned until…
American soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, part of the 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5A1 "Stuart" tank on their advance to recapture the town of St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.
American troops marching through a snowy field under mist near Krinkelt, 1944
Sepp Dietrich led the Sixth Panzer Army in the northernmost attack route.
Scene of the Malmedy massacre