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PROLOGUE - OPERATION FUCHS AM RHEIN
OPERATION VENGEANCE - 2 7–3 1 DECEMBER 1944
27 DECEMBER 1944
NEAR NAMUR, BELGIUM, SOUTH SIDE OF THE MEUSE RIVER, 0700 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0709 HOURS GMT
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC, 0753 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B FIELD HOSPITAL, NEAR DINANT, 1442 HOURS GMT
28 DECEMBER 1944
NEARING NAMUR, BELGIUM, NORTH SIDE OF THE MEUSE RIVER, 0946 HOURS GMT
NEUE REICHSKANZLEI, BERLIN, 1000 HOURS GMT
KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 1955 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1959 HOURS GMT
29 DECEMBER 1944
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC, 1226 HOURS GMT
KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER, NEARING DINANT, 1231 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1312 HOURS GMT
NORTHWEST EDGE OF DINANT, 1319 HOURS GMT
CITY OF DINANT, 1320 HOURS GMT
TASK FORCE PEIPER, ENTERING DINANT, 1323 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1323 HOURS GMT
CITY OF DINANT, 1331 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1334 HOURS GMT
PONTOON BRIDGE, RIVER MEUSE, DINANT, 1341 HOURS GMT
TASK FORCE PEIPER, DINANT, 1344 HOURS GMT
OUTSIDE ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1351 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B FIELD HOSPITAL, NEAR DINANT, 1623 HOURS GMT
OPERATION CAN OPENER - 30 DECEMBER 1944–20 JANUARY 1945
30 DECEMBER 1944
NORTH OF BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, 0130 HOURS GMT
RED SQUARE, MOSCOW, USSR, 0352 HOURS GMT
NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION FORWARD HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0227 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0421 HOURS GMT
NEARING PESSOUX, BELGIUM, 0508 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B FIELD HOSPITAL, NEAR DINANT, BELGIUM, 0823 HOURS GMT
THIRD ARMY ADVANCE HEADQUARTERS, NEUFCHTEAU, BELGIUM, 0854 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, 1059 HOURS GMT
SHAEF HEADQUARTERS, REIMS, FRANCE, 1640 HOURS GMT
NORTH OF BASTOGNE, BELGIUM, 1914 HOURS GMT
THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C., 2030 HOURS GMT
KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 2200 HOURS GMT
31 DECEMBER 1944
LONDON, ENGLAND, 0849 HOURS GMT
NEAR PESSOUX, BELGIUM, 0927 HOURS GMT
1 JANUARY 1945
APPROACHING DINANT, BELGIUM, 0739 HOURS GMT
SAINT-VITH, BELGIUM, 0807 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0922 HOURS GMT
SAINT-VITH, BELGIUM, 1037 HOURS GMT
OKW HEADQUARTERS, BERLIN, 1830 HOURS GMT
GORKY PARK, MOSCOW, USSR, 2044 HOURS GMT
2 JANUARY 1945
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0903 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B HEADQUARTERS CAFETERIA, DINANT, BELGIUM, 1231 HOURS GMT
ARMEEGRUPPE B FIELD HOSPITAL, NEAR DINANT, 1323 HOURS GMT
3 JANUARY 1945
NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION FORWARD HEADQUARTERS, DINANT, BELGIUM, 0530 HOURS GMT
KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER, FIRST SS PANZER DIVISION “LEIBSTANDARTE ADOLF HITLER,” SAINT-VITH, BELGIUM, 1321 HOURS GMT
4 JANUARY 1945
HEADQUARTERS, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, WARSAW, POLAND, 1034 HOURS GMT
TWELFTH INFANTRY DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, CLERVAUX, LUXEMBOURG, 1357 HOURS GMT
5 JANUARY 1945
KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER, NORTHERN APPROACH TO DASBURG, GERMANY, 1553 HOURS GMT
6 JANUARY 1945
NEUE REICHSKANZLEI, BERLIN, 0700 HOURS GMT
CCA, DASBURG, GERMANY, 0711 GMT
HEADQUARTERS, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, NEAR WARSAW, POLAND, 1148 HOURS GMT
9 JANUARY 1945
THIRD ARMY FORWARD HEADQUARTERS (MOBILE), TRIER, GERMANY, 1830 HOURS GMT
10 JANUARY 1945
PANZER BATTALION, TWELFTH SS PANZER DIVISION “HITLERJUGEND,” BITBURG, GERMANY, 0842 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, WARSAW, POLAND, 0933 HOURS GMT
11 JANUARY 1945
KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER, EIFEL (NORTH OF MOSELLE VALLEY), GERMANY, 1023 HOURS GMT
12 JANUARY 1945
ARMEEGRUPPE FIELD HOSPITAL, DINANT, BELGIUM, 1317 HOURS GMT
13 JANUARY 1945
PANZER BATTALION, TWELFTH SS PANZER DIVISION “HITLERJUGEND,” KOBLENZ, GERMANY, 1540 HOURS GMT
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, D.C., 2203 HOURS GMT
15 JANUARY 1945
EN ROUTE TO BERLIN, GERMANY, 0941 HOURS GMT
16 JANUARY 1945
CCA, APPROACHING KOBLENZ, GERMANY, 1739 HOURS GMT
17 JANUARY 1945
THIRD ARMY FORWARD HEADQUARTERS, TRIER, GERMANY, 0745 HOURS GMT
UNITED STATES EMBASSY, MOSCOW, USSR, 0800 HOURS GMT
18 JANUARY 1945
PANZER BATTALION, TWELFTH SS PANZER DIVISION “HITLERJUGEND,” KOBLENZ, GERMANY, 0642 HOURS GMT
19 JANUARY 1945
CCA, KOBLENZ, GERMANY, 0655 HOURS GMT
KAMPFGRUPPE PEIPER, MOSELLE VALLEY, GERMANY, 1501 HOURS GMT
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSWIRE, 1900 HOURS GMT
OPERATION EASTWALL - 1 FEBRUARY–26 FEBRUARY 1945
1 FEBRUARY 1945
NEUE REICHSKANZLEI, BERLIN, 1000 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1800 HOURS GMT
REMNANT OF HITLERJUGEND PANZER DIVISION, APPROACHING TANGERMUNDE, GERMANY, 1954 HOURS GMT
3 FEBRUARY 1945
KÖNIGSPLATZ, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2134 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, WLOCLAWEK, POLAND, 2255 HOURS GMT
5 FEBRUARY 1945
419TH ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION, FOURTH ARMORED DIVISION, WESER RIVER, GERMANY, 0934 HOURS GMT
11 FEBRUARY 1945
BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1104 HOURS GMT
NORTH BANK OF THE WARTA RIVER, POLAND, 1322 HOURS GMT
15 FEBRUARY 1945
ARMEEGRUPPE H HEADQUARTERS, OUTSKIRTS OF FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY, 2236 HOURS GMT
17 FEBRUARY 1945
NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, WEST OF WEIMAR, GERMANY, 0612 HOURS GMT
THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, DC, 1630 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 2000 HOURS GMT
18 FEBRUARY 1945
NEUE REICHSKANZLEI, BERLIN, 1022 HOURS GMT
THIRD ARMY MOBILE HQ, CROSSROADS IN THE THÜRINGER WALD, GERMANY, 1110 HOURS GMT
OPERATION WOLKENBRAND - 18 FEBRUARY–26 FEBRUARY 1945
18 FEBRUARY 1945
APPROACHING RAMSIA, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY, 0246 HOURS GMT
KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY, 0330 HOURS GMT
GERMAN REPUBLICAN ARMY FORWARD HEADQUARTERS, NEAR ERFURT, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY, 0600 HOURS GMT
NEAR ETTERSBURG, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY, 0609 HOURS GMT
NEUE REICHSKANZLEI, BERLIN, 0644 HOURS GMT
RAIL CROSSING, ETTERSBURGER STRASSE, BETWEEN WEIMAR AND ETTERSBURG, 0912 HOURS GMT
KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, THÜRINGEN, GERMANY, 1640 HOURS GMT
NORTH OF ETTERSBURG MOUNTAIN, 1717 HOURS GMT
KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 1805 HOURS GMT
BLOCK 66, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 2024 HOURS GMT
19 FEBRUARY 1945
UNITED STATES EMBASSY, MOSCOW, USSR, 0600 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1938 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, EAST OF POZNAN, POLAND, 1954 HOURS GMT
509TH COMPOSITE BOMBING GROUP, WENDOVER FIELD, UTAH, USA, 2345 HOURS GMT
20 FEBRUARY 1945
SHAEF HEADQUARTERS, REIMS, FRANCE, 0817 HOURS GMT
21 FEBRUARY 1945
MAIN CAMP, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 1507 HOURS GMT
U.S. ARMY FIELD HOSPITAL, ETTERSBURG, GERMANY, 2217 HOURS GMT
23 FEBRUARY 1945
MAIN CAMP, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 0752 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, POZNAN, POLAND, 1555 HOURS GMT
24 FEBRUARY 1945
COMMANDANT’S OFFICE, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 0840 HOURS GMT
TRANSPORTATION DEPOT, ARMY GROUP CENTER, EAST OF BERLIN, GERMANY, 1020 HOURS GMT
BLOCK 24, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 2139 HOURS GMT
25 FEBRUARY 1945
CREMATORIUM, KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 0952 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, GERMAN/POLISH BORDER DUE WEST OF POZNAN, 1202 HOURS GMT
26 FEBRUARY 1945
KONZENTRATIONSLAGER BUCHENWALD, 1900 HOURS GMT
OPERATION ECLIPSE - 7–31 MARCH 1945
7 MARCH 1945
HEADQUARTERS, SIXTH PANZER ARMY, MAGDEBURG, GERMANY, 0625 HOURS GMT
8 MARCH 1945
THIRD ARMY MOBILE HEADQUARTERS, DESSAU, GERMANY, 1440 HOURS GMT
BROADCAST HOUSE, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1700 HOURS GMT
9 MARCH 1945
FORWARD ELEMENTS OF SECOND SS PANZER DIVISION “DAS REICH,” KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0247 HOURS GMT
OSWIECIM, POLAND, 1014 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1045 HOURS GMT
CCA, NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, EAST OF DESSAU, GERMANY, 1207 HOURS GMT
11 MARCH 1945
PRIVATE APARTMENTS OF HEINRICH HIMMLER, BERLIN, 0341 HOURS GMT
12 MARCH 1945
142ND TANK BATTALION, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, APPROACHING KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1341 HOURS GMT
SECOND SS PANZER DIVISION, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1401 HOURS GMT
142ND TANK BATTALION, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1410 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1422 HOURS GMT
SECOND SS PANZER DIVISION, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1554 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1917 HOURS GMT
REICHS CHANCELLERY, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2309 HOURS GMT
13 MARCH 1945
SECOND SS PANZER DIVISION, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0420 HOURS GMT
US ARMY AIR FORCE TRANSPORT COMMAND AIRFIELD, NEAR METZ, FRANCE, 0430 GMT
142ND TANK BATTALION, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0609 HOURS GMT
SPANDAU, BERLIN SUBURBS, GERMANY, 0611 HOURS GMT
EAST BANK OF ODER, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0615 HOURS GMT
SECOND SS PANZER DIVISION, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0701 HOURS GMT
SKY OVER TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, BERLIN, 0812 GMT
EAST BANK OF ODER, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1020 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1016 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 2345 HOURS GMT
14 MARCH 1945
RURAL HIGHWAY #47, EAST OF LUCKENWALDE, GERMANY, 0101 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 0209 HOURS GMT
TASK FORCE SANGER, RURAL HIGHWAY #47, EAST OF LUCKENWALDE, GERMANY, 1200 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 2127 HOURS GMT
15 MARCH 1945
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 0500 HOURS GMT
KÖNIGSPLATZ, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1229 HOURS GMT
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWSWIRE, 1600 HOURS GMT
16 MARCH 1945
POW COMPOUND, HQ SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, KÜSTRIN, GERMANY, 1018 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1351 HOURS GMT
18 MARCH 1945
HQ, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, FRANKFURT-AN-DER-ODER, GERMANY, 1008 HOURS GMT
21 MARCH 1945
REICHSTAG BUILDING, THIRD ARMY HEADQUARTERS, 1222 HOURS GMT
143RD PANZER BATTALION, PANZER LEHR DIVISION, SPANDAU, GERMANY, 1422 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1605 HOURS GMT
22 MARCH 1945
FRITZ SCHLOSS PARK, BERLIN, 0932 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, ORANIENBURG, GERMANY, 1622 HOURS GMT
23 MARCH 1945
FORTY-FOURTH MOBILE RADAR STATION, TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0454 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 0620 HOURS GMT
FORTY-FOURTH RESUPPLY COMPANY, HIGHWAY TWENTY-FOUR, GERMANY, 0630 HOURS GMT
COMMUNIST CITIZENS’ CELL #435, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1734 HOURS GMT
NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, LUCKENWALDE, GERMANY, 1735 HOURS GMT
25 MARCH 1945
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 0437 HOURS GMT
27 MARCH 1945
POTSDAM, GERMANY, 0935 HOURS GMT
PENTAGON, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1405 HOURS GMT
28 MARCH 1945
LONDON, ENGLAND, 2038 HOURS GMT
31 MARCH 1945
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 1200 HOURS GMT
OPERATION FAT MAN - 30 JUNE–12 JULY 1945
30 JUNE 1945
BERLIN, GERMANY, 0659 HOURS GMT
FÜHRER BUNKER, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2302 HOURS GMT
HQ, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, ORANIENBURG, GERMANY, 2359 HOURS GMT
1 JULY 1945
SKY ABOVE POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1034 HOURS GMT
FORWARD OBSERVATION POST, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1114 HOURS GMT
CCA HQ BLOCKHOUSE, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1200 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1739 HOURS GMT
US EMBASSY, MOSCOW, SOVIET UNION, 2234 HOURS GMT
2 JULY 1945
REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0544 HOURS GMT
CCA HQ BLOCKHOUSE, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 0849 HOURS GMT
HQ, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, ORANIENBURG, GERMANY, 1344 HOURS GMT
LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, USA, 2232 HOURS GMT
3 JULY 1945
CCA, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 0550 HOURS GMT
4 JULY 1945
HQ, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, ORANIENBURG, GERMANY, 0952 HOURS GMT
LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, USA, 2340 HOURS GMT
5 JULY 1945
HQ, THIRD ARMY, REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0321 HOURS GMT
HQ, FIRST BELORUSSIAN FRONT, ORANIENBURG, GERMANY, 0952 HOURS GMT
NAZI POW COMPOUND, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1235 HOURS GMT
CCA, NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1545 HOURS GMT
HQ, THIRD ARMY, REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 2121 HOURS GMT
6 JULY 1945
HARRINGTON AIRFIELD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND, 0955 HOURS GMT
CCA, NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1225 HOURS GMT
TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, BERLIN, GERMANY, 1815 HOURS GMT
7 JULY 1945
HQ, THIRD ARMY, REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0651 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1231 HOURS GMT
8 JULY 1945
HARRINGTON AIRFIELD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND, 0544 HOURS GMT
HQ, THIRD ARMY, REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0651 HOURS GMT
HARRINGTON AIRFIELD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, ENGLAND, 1122 HOURS GMT
HQ, FIRST UKRAINIAN FRONT, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1200 HOURS GMT
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY,
CCA OF THE NINETEENTH ARMORED DIVISION, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1301 HOURS GMT
ADVANCE POSITIONS, SECOND GUARDS TANK ARMY, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1303 HOURS GMT
ABOARD MICKEY MOUSE EXPRESS, GERMANY, 1320 HOURS GMT
POTSDAM, 1333 HOURS GMT
ABOARD MICKEY MOUSE EXPRESS, POTSDAM, GERMANY, 1338 HOURS GMT
POTSDAM, 1339 HOURS GMT
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 1701 HOURS GMT
9 JULY 1945
HQ, THIRD ARMY, REICHSTAG BUILDING, BERLIN, GERMANY, 0651 HOURS GMT
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1031 HOURS GMT
LONDON, ENGLAND, 1219 HOURS GMT
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 1300 HOURS GMT
10 JULY 1945
FROM THE TIMES OF LONDON, EARLY EDITION
SHAEF, REIMS, FRANCE, 1202 HOURS GMT
12 JULY 1945
THE KREMLIN, MOSCOW, USSR, 0600 HOURS GMT