Operation Lüttich

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Operation Lüttich was a German counteroffensive launched in August 1944 near Mortain in Normandy, aimed at halting the Allied breakout following the D-Day landings.

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Label Occurrences
Operation Lüttich canonical 4
Operation Liège 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
military operation ⓘ
aim to cut off U.S. forces that had advanced to Avranches ⓘ
to halt the Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mortain counteroffensive ⓘ
Operation Liège ⓘ
linked to: Operation Lüttich
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatantStrength several German panzer divisions ⓘ
commandedBy Field Marshal Günther von Kluge ⓘ
linked to: Günther von Kluge

General Paul Hausser ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
date August 1944 ⓘ
dateEnd 1944-08-13 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy Falaise Pocket ⓘ
front Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy
historicalPeriod 1944 in World War II ⓘ
involvedUnit 116th Panzer Division ⓘ
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ
2nd Panzer Division ⓘ
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ
U.S. 30th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 35th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
location near Mortain, France ⓘ
militaryTheater European Theater of Operations ⓘ
namedAfter the German name for the Belgian city of Liège ⓘ
notableFeature heavy use of Allied fighter-bombers against German armor ⓘ
opposedBy First United States Army ⓘ
VII Corps (United States) ⓘ
linked to: VII Corps
orderedBy Adolf Hitler ⓘ
outcome German counteroffensive repulsed ⓘ
contributed to the encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
partOf Western Front of World War II ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
place Mortain ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
precededBy Operation Cobra ⓘ
primaryObjective recapture Avranches and sever Allied supply lines ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance failed German attempt to reverse the Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
strategicContext attempt to restore a continuous German front in Normandy ⓘ
supportedBy Allied tactical air forces ⓘ
typeOfAttack armored counteroffensive ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

World War II → hasPart → Operation Lüttich ⓘ
Operation Lüttich → alsoKnownAs → Operation Liège ⓘ
linked to: Operation Lüttich
Mortain → eventLocation → Operation Lüttich ⓘ
Battle of Mortain → alsoKnownAs → Operation Lüttich ⓘ
Battle of Mortain → operationName → Operation Lüttich ⓘ