On 23 December, the Germans attacked from the south and overran the 325th GIR holding the Baraque- Fraiture crossroads on the 82nd's southern flank, endangering the entire 82nd Airborne division. The 2nd SS Panzers objective was to outflank the 82nd Airborne. It was not an attack designed to reach Peiper, but it was his last chance, nonetheless. If it did outflank the 82nd, it could have opened a corridor and reached the stranded yet still powerful Kampfgruppe. But the attack came too late.
On 23 December the Germans attacked from the south and overran the 325th GIR holding the Baraque- Fraiture crossroads on the 82nd's southern flank endangering the entire 82nd Airborne division The 2nd SS Panzers objective was to outflank the 82nd Airborne It was not an attack designed to reach Peiper but it was his last chance nonetheless If it did outflank the 82nd it could have opened a corridor and reached the stranded yet still powerful Kampfgruppe But the attack came too late