Battle of Mortain

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The Battle of Mortain was a major World War II engagement in August 1944 in Normandy, where German forces launched a failed counteroffensive against the advancing Allied armies, helping to secure the Allied breakout from France.

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Battle of Mortain canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Lüttich ⓘ
belligerent British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
commander Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Field Marshal Günther von Kluge ⓘ
linked to: Günther von Kluge

General Omar Bradley ⓘ
linked to: Omar Bradley

General Paul Hausser ⓘ
Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges ⓘ
Lieutenant General George S. Patton ⓘ
linked to: George S. Patton
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved Canada ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
dateEnd 1944-08-13 ⓘ
dateStart 1944-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy Falaise Pocket ⓘ
front Western Front ⓘ
involvedUnit German 116th Panzer Division ⓘ
German 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ
German 2nd Panzer Division ⓘ
linked to: 2nd Panzer Division

German 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ
German Panzer-Lehr-Division ⓘ
U.S. 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 30th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
locationRelative East of Avranches, Normandy ⓘ
month August 1944 ⓘ
notableFeature Extensive use of Allied tactical air power ⓘ
German attack ordered personally by Adolf Hitler ⓘ
objective Allied defense of the Avranches corridor ⓘ
German counteroffensive to cut off U.S. forces ⓘ
operationName Operation Lüttich ⓘ
partOf Normandy campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Normandy
place Mortain, Normandy, France ⓘ
precededBy Operation Cobra ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
strategicSignificance Contributed to encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
Failed German attempt to cut off U.S. forces that had broken out at Avranches ⓘ
Helped secure Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Allied retention of key terrain around Mortain ⓘ
German armored losses ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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Mortain → notableFor → Battle of Mortain ⓘ
U.S. 30th Infantry Division → participatedIn → Battle of Mortain ⓘ