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An unequal battle: 6,000-7,000 German troops
face 45,000 US soldiers
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Unequal Forces Line Up for Battle |
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The 7th US Army marched on Nuremberg with two tank divisions, three infantry divisions, and an armoured reconnaissance regiment with a total of 45,000 troops. The divisions had already fought at various war theatres in Europe.
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The German combat units defending Nuremberg merely consisted of an SS regiment of approximately 500 soldiers, 2,000 fighter pilots plus ground personnel at airstrips in the vicinity, elderly flak soldiers, Russian volunteers, young Reich Labour men, and remainders of spare troops stationed in Nuremberg with wounded and recuperating soldiers, along with a number of People Storm companies and Hitler Youth members.
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(Information from Dr. Karl Kunze, former Headmaster of the Nuremberg College, contemporary witness, and historian. He is the author of the book "Kriegsende in Franken und der Kampf um Nürnberg im April 1945" (The End of the War in Franconia and the Battle for Nuremberg in April 1945), Nuremberg 1995.)
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