Map #4: Dec. 21, 1944: "The German main advance through the center of the Ardennes sector has moved in a narrow corridor northwest to Marche after bypassing Bastogne. The 84th Infantry Division has moved to block the German northwestern advance."
[December 21, 1944], HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map.
18th Airborne Corps Sector map; December 21-23, 1944.
The Germans advance on Marche "At 0800 hrs. December 21, 1944, five days after the German offensive in the Ardennes commenced, the 84th Division transferred from our positions in the Siegfried Line to set up defenses in the far Northwest corner of the Bulge around Marche-en-femenne, Belgium." ...
A personal diary of the battle for Bastogne
Defense of Marche's area "Statement by Lieutenant Leonard R. CARPENTER On the counter-Reconnaissance Screen, 23-24 December 1944 to T/5 Jack SHANK
"Historical Section, 84th Infantry Division."
The official online home of Veterans of the Battle of the Bulge
84th Infantry Division (The Railsplitters) "Tried by Fire - Winter battles by 84th Infantry Division in Battle of the Bulge, crossing of the Roer and Rhine, and the desperate race to the Elbe." ...
84th Infantry Division (The Railsplitters) "Tried by Fire - Winter battles by 84th Infantry Division in Battle of the Bulge, crossing of the Roer and Rhine, and the desperate race to the Elbe." ...