4 January 1945 A.D. BATTLE IN ARDENNES: German Counter-attack Repulsed by GEN Patton’s 3rd Army

4 January 1945 A.D.  BATTLE IN ARDENNES:  German Counter-attack Repulsed by GEN Patton’s 3^rd Army

Editors. “1945-Fighting in Ardennes continues.” This Day in U.S. Military History.  N.d. http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/january-4/.  Accessed 3 Jan 2015.

1945 – The fighting in the Ardennes continues; a German counterattack near Bastogne is repulsed by troops of US 3rd Army. There are attacks by US 8th and 3rd Corps and by the British 30th Corps. Some of the units of the 6th SS Panzer Army (Dietrich) are withdrawn and sent to the Eastern Front. In Alsace, the German attacks in the Bitche area continue.