On september 1st 1944 u.s general patton’s fourth armored division was forced to halt the rapid advance after outrunning their own supply lines hitler seeing an opportunity to strike sent the 112th panzer brigade in an attempt to encircle the fourth armored division the 112th was forced to retreat after approximately 80 percent of their Armored forces were destroyed by allied airstrikes by september 13th the now refueled fourth armored division had crossed the moselle river and hitler decided to throw everything he had at the americans just outside the french town of erakor on september 19th the germans attacked initially making great advances they were eventually stopped Dead by u.s armor who used shoot and scoot tactics to outflank the heavily armored german tanks after less than two weeks of fighting the germans lost around 200 tanks approximately 75 percent of their original force the battle of eragor resulted in the second largest tank battle in the history of Western europe only surpassed by the battle of the bulge Video Information
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