1 panzergrenadier regiment[1] 1 panzer regiment[1]
1 regimental combat team[1] 1 tank battalion[1] 1 tank company[1] 1 tank destroyer battalion[1]
Casualties and losses
Significant[2][better source needed]
4 tanks destroyed[3]
2,000–2,750[4][2]
60 tanks destroyed[3]
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Battle of the Bulge
Prelude
Vianden
Kesternich
Wahlerscheid
Initial German assault
Losheim Gap
Clervaux
Lanzerath Ridge
Stösser
Greif
Allied defense and counteroffensive
Elsenborn Ridge
St. Vith
Bastogne
Bure
German counterattack
Bodenplatte
Nordwind
Massacres
Malmedy massacre
Chenogne massacre
Background
German forces
Order of battle
The Battle of Clervaux or the Battle for Clervaux[5] (in English sources, Clervaux is occasionally called by the German name Clerf)[6] was an opening engagement of the Battle of the Bulge that took place in the town of Clervaux in northern Luxembourg.[7] It lasted from December 16 to 18, 1944.[7] German forces encircled numerically inferior American forces, primarily from the 28th Infantry Division's 110th Infantry Regiment and the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, and quickly forced them to surrender. The battle has been referred to as the Luxembourg "Alamo".[8][9][10]
Clervaux was the first tank battle of the Ardennes offensive and ended in total disaster for the Americans, who permanently lost nearly 60 tanks while the Germans lost only four.[11]
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