That was part of the problem that the 2nd US Marine Division and then later the IX Corps ran into. In the rundown conditions that all Divisions found themselves in, and they were still expected to make multiple landings and hold until the 8th Mechanized Division passed through.
The thing that has always left me confuse was where the hell the 3rd German Army objective was. I mean the 5th Mechanized Division was heading into Central Poland, while the rest of the 3rd German Army seemed to hang close to the Baltic Coast.
Yeah the 2nd Marine Division would of been looking to consolidating big time as the last units of the 8th Mechanized Division passed through their AOs. In the end due to circumstance that members of the 2nd Marine Division would continued with the 8th Mechanized and last stragglers of the that Division would be follow the 2nd Marine as they collapse back to the IX Corps main area.
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