Worst US **Tactical** defeat, post Africa pre Bulge?
Just curious: in CM when attacking as Germans it is routine for me to utterly annihilate an entire US battalion+; I mean like even if I discount the game KIA tally (prisoner or fled) I have utterly routed them, destroyed their vehicles and taken their positions, hear the lamentation of their women etc.
I am unaware however of a German tactical attack in the above timeframe (France, Holland, Italy) that actually resulted in this "total victory" outcome. There are a lot I can think of that went
The German infantry attacks in Foret de Gremecy (one of the Lorraine battles) sound like a pretty grim fight for the Yanks pre-Bulge; notice Patton had to countermand an order to withdraw by a shell-shocked command staff. But here too no rout at battalion or company scale... a company encircled and forced to break out, another platoon overrun. While the German attackers keep getting decimated by US arty.
On 28 September German attacks hit all along the 35th Division front as more of Muehlen's