We're going to take a look at Holland today for a couple of reasons. One is that the HQ of 15th Army still shows up in Holland. The actual staff of AOK 15 has been transferred to the Aachen sector and is called "Grp. von Manteuffel." That unit will be renamed 15th Army and the 15th Army in Holland will be re-designated 25th Army. The other reason is that Holland appears to the Germans to now be a backwater, and they are pulling out some infantry divisions for use elsewhere.
The front around Aachen, where 10SS Panzer Division is in reserve. Hitler would have wanted this division to be part of his strategic reserve, but the situation is too critical to keep it out of the line. I don't think 10SS Panzer was ever completely refitted as were the other mobile divisions; it had to stay near the front. It will not have a major role next month.
The Ardennes sector. We don't see the panzer units being deployed yet. I would expect that will happen fairly soon.
The Lorraine sector, where most of the German "divisons" are just blue marks on Jodl's map.
And finally the front in Alsace.
The bottom map is not accurate if the info above is correct.
“FRANCE: Free French forces capture Mulhouse.”
Mulhouse is spelled Mulhasen on the bottom map and the French are there.
NYTs headlines says the French have crossed the Rhine which would put them past Mulhouse/Mulhasen. To bad the germans can’t get their info correct so that we would have good map data to work with.
I bet Monty is not happy that the French beat him past the Rhine.
