Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp

With the 272nd VolksGrenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich. As the Allies were approaching the German frontier at the beginning of September 1944, the German Armed Forces responded with a variety of initiatives designed to regain the strategic initiative. While the Wonder Weapons such as the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 missile and the Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter are widely recognized as being the most prominent of these initiatives upon which Germany pinned so much hope, the Volks-Grenadier Divisions VGDs are practically unknown. Often confused with the Volkssturm, the Home Guard militia, VGDs have suffered