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The Americans begin firing artillery to ensure the SS infantry did not follow up the abortive assault made by the DR panzers.

The key to his plan was the need to prevent the German panzers from breaking free and manoeuvring against the Soviet rear areas.

With the resistance destroyed, the panzers were to be unleashed into the open country beyond.

The German High Command now redirected its panzers south to smash the remaining French units defending Paris along the Somme.

Guderian was now ordered to swing his panzers southwards to trap an even bigger Soviet army east of Kiev.

Soon all the snow had melted and the German panzers and trucks were axle-deep in mud.

One American truck and a jeep were destroyed by cannon fire from the panzers.

The panzers then swung into action, launching an outflanking attack to the south of the town.

Heavy anti-tank gun fire stalled the Wiking panzers , and the Waffen-SS infantry soon faltered when they saw their tanks burning.

A weak attack in the morning by one Scottish regiment was easily defeated by the panzers covering Rauray.

The fast-moving German panzers were constantly behind them.

Then the Das Reich panzers put down withering fire to halt their attack.

Their panzers broke these attacks up with long-range fire.

Stukas were called in to blast a hole in the Soviet defence line, opening the way for the panzers .