What the records say
- When
- 31 Dec 1944 – 25 Jan 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 48.50° N, 7.50° E
- Description
- 1944 German offensive in WW2
- War
- World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Northwind (1944)
German military offensive
Operation Northwind 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.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Unternehmen Nordwind, die letzte deutsche Offensive an der Westfront, beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “opération Nordwind dernière offensive de la Wehrmacht en Alsace du nord et en Lorraine (fin le 25 janvier)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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