Background 22 December 1996
"Now, herald, are the dead number'd?"
Henry V, Shakespeare
Date
22 December 1996 (D +13).
Location
British I Corps operational area.
Weather
Temperature: 27 F / -2.8 C
Humidity: 47%
Wind: 8 mph / 12.9 kmh ESE
Wind chill: 18.8 F / -7.3 C
Precipitation: 0
Conditions: Fair.
Events
Short of fuel and ammunition, British 1st Armoured Division goes into brigade laagers while it awaits resupply. British 24th Airmobile Brigade conducts a series of battalion group operations along the line of communication to clear the area of Soviet special forces and airborne activity. A rested Parachute Regiment Group is put on alert of a possible airborne landing on Berlin to reinforce the besieged NATO forces.