 In addition to the poor roads, the 30th Division's breakout attempts were also hampered by the German 116th Panzer Division.The only potent unit left for commitment against the Allied Rhine crossings in the north, the 116th began moving south from the Dutch-German border on 25 March against what the Germans considered their most dangerous threat, the U.S. 9th Army.The enemy armored unit began making its presence felt almost immediately, and by the end of 26 March, the combination of the "panzer" division and the rough terrain had conspired to sharply limit the 30th Division's forward progress.