>>10183799Home filed advantage on the part of the Germans mainly. They were already dug in and had decent defensive positions a lot of the time. I don't know if there's a technical term for it but they probably had a sort of last wind where they figured the Americans were coming to kill them either way and decided to take as many with them as possible. Also, when it's crunch time you start executing prisoners and wounded enemies by necessity, leading to even higher casualties. This happened more frequently on all sides than anyone would care to admit.
