Battle of the Colmar Pocket

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The Battle of the Colmar Pocket was a World War II campaign in early 1945 in which Allied forces eliminated a German bridgehead in Alsace, France, under harsh winter conditions.

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Battle of the Colmar Pocket canonical 3
Colmar Pocket operations 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Operation Cheerful ⓘ
belligerent France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualtiesAndLosses thousands of casualties on both sides ⓘ
combatant French First Army ⓘ
German Nineteenth Army ⓘ
U.S. 6th Army Group ⓘ
U.S. Seventh Army ⓘ
commander Alexander Patch ⓘ
Friedrich Wiese ⓘ
Jacob L. Devers ⓘ
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
description campaign to reduce the last German-held pocket on the west bank of the Rhine in Alsace ⓘ
endDate 1945-02-09 ⓘ
followedBy Allied advances to the Rhine in early 1945 ⓘ
geographicalFeature Rhine River ⓘ
linked to: Rhine

Vosges Mountains ⓘ
involvedUnit French 1st Armoured Division ⓘ
French 2nd Armoured Division ⓘ
French I Corps ⓘ
French II Corps ⓘ
German 189th Infantry Division ⓘ
German 198th Infantry Division ⓘ
German 708th Volksgrenadier Division ⓘ
U.S. 28th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 3rd Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 75th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. XXI Corps ⓘ
location Alsace ⓘ
France ⓘ
notableFor combined U.S. and French offensive operations ⓘ
harsh winter conditions ⓘ
objective elimination of German bridgehead west of the Rhine in Alsace ⓘ
partOf Western Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
precededBy Operation Nordwind ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1945-01-20 ⓘ
strategicImportance removed German presence west of the Rhine in southern Alsace ⓘ
secured southern flank of Allied forces on the Western Front ⓘ
theater European theatre of World War II ⓘ
weatherConditions severe winter cold and snow ⓘ
year 1945 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Audie Murphy → notableBattle → Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Rhineland campaign → precededBy → Colmar Pocket operations ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Colmar Pocket
Army Group G → engagement → Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ
Ardennes-Alsace → subConflict → Colmar Pocket operations ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Colmar Pocket
Operation Cheerful → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Colmar Pocket ⓘ