Chapter 14 Endnotes
1 OKH Gen. St. d. H., AN. Fremde Heere West: Einzeinachrichten des Ic Dienstes West.
3 TUSA G-1 Periodic Rpt, Nos. 5 through 43. These figures cover the period 1 September-18 December 1944.
4 Medical aspects of the operations in 1944 will be treated in the official history now being compiled by the Historical Division, Office of the Surgeon General.
6 For a detailed history of supply see Ruppenthal, Logistical Support.
8 In November, for example, the XII Corps advance captured 279 towns and villages.
9 A number of the German commanders who were interrogated at the close of the war reaffirmed the World War I axiom that the attacker requires a three‑to‑one superiority over the defender so long as the latter is holding an organized position. A few German officers have set the ratio at six to one.
10 For the story of this operation, see Cole, The Ardennes, now in preparation.
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