Chronology of World War II
Monday, December 18
Panzergrenadiers
from
Kampfgruppe
Hansen
Panzergrenadiers
from
Kampfgruppe
Hansen (one of the three large
kampfgruppe
of the
Leibstandarte
Division) take a cigarette break. Such a state was the norm during combat operations. This photograph was taken after the action on the Poteau and Recht road, in early hours of December 18, 1944