The plan may have worked, if it weren’t for the fact that Germany was low on fuel, men, and other resources that they needed to win the battle. If won, the victory could have led the Germans to a major victory in the west, something they desperately needed. However, Hitler was grossly unaware of the lack of fuel and men at his disposal. On the morning of December 16, 1944, using the thick fog and low clouds that kept the Allied planes on the ground to their advantage, the Germans launched their attack along a 90 mile front between Monschau and Echternach. They deployed twenty one divisions, who were low on fuel, but high on morale nonetheless. The first wave of the attack was performed by the 150th Panzer Brigade led by Colonel Otto Skorzeny.