Struggle for Me
February 10, 1945

In February 1945. Aggressive American strikes north and south of the Ruhr broke the front line in the west and separated the German armies, and the 21st Montgomery Army Group launched a major offensive toward the Rhine. German intelligence was expecting offensives, but later, when the Western allies reached information about the withdrawal of German forces to the eastern front. Parachute army fell all the impetus of the Allied offensive.

Operational tasks:
-2 British Army broke our defensive positions in the north and pushed towards Goch. There is no doubt that this place, not Venlo as predicted by the leadership of the Allied offensive. Our task is to stop the enemy's attack and to organize a lasting defense line.
Our division has been strengthened with 21 motorized artillery squadrons.
