Duel in the Mist Vol 2 is the second volume on the actions of
Kampfgruppe Peiper during the Ardennes
offensive in December 1944 and the American units that opposed them. This volume
gives in depth coverage of the events during the 20th and 21st December 1944 in
Stoumont, Cheneux, La Gleize and the surrounding areas. It also includes a
chapter on the refitting of the Panzer Grenadiers after their odyssey during the
Normandy landings and the subsequent Allied
advance through France. The book is 233 pages,
hardback, illustrated with 114 large format photos, 14 maps, one drawing
and ten profiles.Contents
Reorganisation
of Regimental Combat Team 119 * The first attempt * Push from the north: Task
Force Jordan * Organised chaos * David and Goliath: Sievers prevails * The
Germans in La Gleize during 19th-20th December * Task Force Lovelady closing the
door * Task Force McGeorge receives a bloody nose * The air attack on
Kampfgruppe Peiper *.Barbed wire * The rope tightens * Third attack on Stoumont:
afternoon 21st December * Out of the woods: McCown’s attack * Rückmarsch.
Getting out of the Sanatorium * Trying to get the real picture * Task Force
McGeorge attacks again * Cheneux: Perseverance prevails * Appendix 1 Refitting
the Panzergrenadiere * Appendix 2 Order of Battle 3./ SS-Pz.Pi.Btl. 1 * Appendix
3 Camouflage patterns
