![]() A battle-hardened unit, the “ Leibstandarte” was filled with both young, green troops, and combat veterans in almost equal number. The 1st SS Panzer Division “ Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler” was to be the spearhead of the assault in the north. It was thought that Hitler’s elite SS units would be the ones to carry the Germans to victory and force the western allies to the negotiating table. The powerful Waffen SS Panzer Divisions, “ Leibstandarte” and “Hitler Jugend” were expected to burst through the American lines along what would be called the “Northern Shoulder” and blast their way to the port of Antwerp. There sat the heaviest and, at least theoretically, the most lethal striking forces of the offensive. ![]() When the Germans launched their last major offensive on the western front, Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein, the heaviest portion of their initial assault force lay in the northern sector of the offensive. ![]()
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