I agree most ran out of gas. The campaign was begun with only a small fraction of fuel needed, and tracked vehicles' fuel economy is measured in gallons per mile rather than miles per gallon.
The plan was to capture Allied fuel dumps... which didn't work out.
Sending an armour heavy force out in the middle of one of the harshest winters in 50 years over some of the worst roading conditions in NW Europe. With tanks that were too heavy for almost all the bridges that they'd encounter. Any planning involved was of the imaginary to say the least.
I agree most ran out of gas. The campaign was begun with only a small fraction of fuel needed, and tracked vehicles' fuel economy is measured in gallons per mile rather than miles per gallon.
The plan was to capture Allied fuel dumps... which didn't work out.
I think Peiper learned long after the war that there was a fuel depot that they did not know about, well within their reach. Not that it would have mattered anyway.
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