What the records say
- When
- 10 Nov 1944 – 22 Nov 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 50.97° N, 6.12° E
- Description
- 1944 Allied offensive during World War II
Operation Clipper
Allied offensive during World War II
During the Second World War, Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944. Clipper was the preliminary to a wider Allied operation, Operation Queen, to gain control of the Roer valley and of the Hürtgen Forest.
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