First was the Sixth Panzer Army , under SS SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich . It had been created on 26 October 1944 and incorporated the most senior and the experienced formation of the Waffen-SS : the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler as well as the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend .
First was the Sixth Panzer Army , under SS General Sepp Dietrich -- newly created on 26 October 1944 , it used the most senior and the most experienced `` Waffen-SS '' : the 1st SS Panzer Division `` Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler '' as well as the 12th SS Panzer Division `` Hitlerjugend '' .