Wayne M. Dzwonchyk (3. oktober 2003). «A Brief History of the U.S. Army in World War II». U.S. Army Center of Military History. Besøkt 26. november 2023. «Victory seemed to be at hand. But by mid-September Allied communications were strained. Combat troops had outrun their supplies. British and Canadian forces advanced into the Netherlands, and American troops crossed Belgium and Luxembourg and entered German territory. Then both met strong resistance. Bad weather curtailed unloading of supplies directly across the Normandy invasion beaches, while the ports on the North Sea and the Mediterranean were in ruins. As logistical problems piled up, Eisenhower rejected as too dangerous British pleas to channel all available resources into one deep thrust into Germany.»
Roger Cirillo. «Ardennes-Alsace». U.S. Army Center of Military History. Besøkt 28. november 2023. «The battle in the Alsace appeared to be less dramatic than in the Ardennes, but was no less an Allied victory. Hitler spent his last reserves in Alsace-and with them the ability to regain the initiative anywhere. Like the Normandy Campaign, the Ardennes-Alsace struggle provided the necessary attrition for the mobile operations that would end the war. The carefully husbanded enemy reserves that the Allies expected to meet in their final offensive into Germany had been destroyed in December and January.»
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«Battle of the Bulge». Encyclopædia Britannica. Besøkt 24. november 2023. «Battle of the Bulge, (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945), the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II—an unsuccessful attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory.»
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Kevin H. Hymel (2019). «Joachim Peiper’s Bloody Blitz Through Belgium». warfarehistorynetwork.com. Besøkt 21. mars 2024. «Altogether, Peiper commanded 4,800 men and 800 vehicles (117 tanks, 149 half-tracks, 24 artillery pieces, and more than 30 antiaircraft weapons). [...] Peiper’s 117 tanks consisted of Mark IV medium tanks, Mark V German Panther heavy tanks, and Tiger II heavy tanks.»
