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Operation Northwind (German: Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.Northwind was launched to support the German Ardennes offensive campaign in the Battle of the Bulge, which by late December 1944 had decisively turned against the German forces.
Operation Nordwind was launched by German ground forces on 31 December 1944 against U.S. and French ground forces in the Rhineland-Palatinate and the Alsace and Lorraine regions of southwestern Germany and northeastern France as part of the European Theatre in World War II. It ended on 25 January 1945.
During Operation Nordwind in December 1944, the 19th Army attacked north out of the Pocket in support of other German forces attacking south from the Saar into northern Alsace. In late January and early February 1945, the French First Army (reinforced by the U.S. XXI Corps) cleared the Pocket of German forces.
This category contains historical battles fought as part of the Continuation War (1941–1944). ... Operation Northwind (1941) O. Operation EF (1941) P. Battle of ...
SS-Armeekorps) was a short-lived Waffen-SS corps-level headquarters formed to participate in Operation Northwind on the Upper Rhine in the winter of 1944-1945 during World War II. History [ edit ]
The Western European Campaign (1944–1945) ... Operation Northwind (1944) O. Operation Pegasus; P. Operation Pluto; Battle of Port-en-Bessin; R. Race to Berlin; Red ...
Devers was involved in the organization, planning and leadership of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France in August 1944. He led the 6th Army Group in France and Germany through the advance to the Rhine, the German counterattack in Operation Northwind, the operations to reduce the Colmar Pocket and the Western Allied invasion of ...
January 24, 1944 – February 16, 1944 Odessa Offensive: German and Soviet forces: March 26, 1944 – April 14, 1944 Operation Tungsten: Allied: April 3, 1944 First Battle of Târgu Frumos: Axis and Soviet forces: April 9–12, 1944 Battle of Anzio: Allied and German Forces: January 22 – June 5, 1944 American airborne landings in Normandy