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2ND INFANTRY DIVISION vs 12TH SS-PANZER DIVISION IN KRINKELT

n his impatience to get his division back on schedule, the commander of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, General Kraas, decided to commit his Panzer regiment to help root out the American infantry in the streets of Krinkelt. The town was shrouded in fog and icy rain, and the green GIs of

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