There was a general strike that day and all the railway personnel had stayed at home. Von Mahltzahn stepped out and looked around. Monday 18 september Market Gardenġ7 long militairy trains stopped at the railway station in Venlo. At the very last moment, 107th Panzerbrigade was sent to Venlo, Holland, because of Market Garden. 4 Brigades were sent to Elzas Lotharingen and 2 to the area of Aachen. 107th Panzerbrigade was not trained enough and the Panthers did not even have their insignia's and markings and numbers! Furthermore, the brigade was meant to be sent to the East front and not to the West! But, the situation in the West was alarming. So a high degree of mobility and a tremendous fire power! The brigades were sent hastily to the front. There were 100 of these vehicles equipped with flamethrowers, mortars, 75 mm. All Panzer-Grenadeers and Pioneers were transported in Schützenpanzerwagen. The Brigade received 33 new Panthers and 12 STU IV's. The commander was Major Freiherr von Mahltzahn. It was stationed in Millau, East Prussia and underwent a short training time. In the beginning of August it was formed out of remnants of the 25e Panzer-Grenadierdivision. One of these Panzerbrigades was the 107th. Half of Panther production of August 1944 was for these brigades. These were sent to dangerous area's where an allied breakthrough was expected. So they hastily formed 10 Panzerbrigades. First battle: the Americans strike firstĪfter the losses on the East front summer 1944, the defeat in Normandy and the losses after crossing the Seine, the Germans did not have the time to compensate the losses of the Panzer divisions.Battle in the Peel: Overloon, Venraij and Meijel - Introduction Overloon.Why did Market Garden fail? Several reasons:.By Hans van Winkelhoff - Last modified Contents
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