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List of Maps

xiv 1 A Guide to Tactical Unit Symbols
xv 2 Map 1: Initial  Situation in the West
xvi 3 Map 2: Initial Positions of the 272nd VGD (5 November 1944)
xvii 4 Map 3: 272nd VGD Shifts to the Right (20 November 1944)
xviii 5 Map 4: Overall Situation: Hürtgen Forest (Late November 1944)
xix 6 Map 5: German Counterattacks on Bergstein (6 December 1944)
xx 7 Map 6: Füsilier Company 272 Engagement at Giesenheck (13-14 December 1944)
xxi 8 Map 7: Divisions Collide at Kesternich (13-15 December 1944)
xxii 9 Map 8: 272nd VGD Counterattacks at Kesternich (15 December 1944)
xxiii 10 Map 9: Overall Situation in the Eifel/Hürtgen Forest (Early January 1945)
xxiv 11 Map 10: Action at Simmerath (4-5 January 1945)
xxv 12 Map 11: Assault on Raffelsbrand/Ochsenkopf (10-17 January 1945)
xxvi 13 Map 12: The Allied Offensive Resumes (30 January 1945)
xxvii 14 Map 13: Second Battle of Kesternich and Seizure of the Upper Roer (30 January - 3 February 1945)
xxviii 15 Map 14: American Breakthrough at Dreiborn and German Counterattack at Herhan (3-4 February 1945)
xxix 16 Map 15: The Assault on Schmidt (5-8 February 1945)
xxx 17 Map 16: Capture of the Schwammenauel Dam (8-11 February 1945)
xxxi 18 Map 17: German Defense Routed at Vlatten (2 March 1945)
xxxii 19 Map 18: Retreat to the Rhine (3-10 March 1945)
xxxiii 20 Map 19: Defense of "Fortress" Hönningen (15-18 March 1945)
xxxiv 21 Map 20: Defense of the Wied River Line (23-25 March 1945)
xxxv 22 Map 21: Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, 272nd VGD Disbands near Olpe (2-12 April 1945)
xxxvi 23 Map 22: Last Days in the Harz Mountains

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