Lüttich is the German name for the city of Liège, Belgium. In British and American histories of the Second World War, the German Operation Lüttich is...
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trapped in the Falaise pocket, and the capture of Paris on 25 August. Operation Lüttich was a code name given to a German counter-attack during the Battle...
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as part of Operation Cobra and entered Brittany. Hitler forbade any retreat, and ordered a counteroffensive, codenamed Operation Lüttich, by the XLVII...
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counter-offensive (Operation Lüttich) from Vire towards Avranches. While II Canadian Corps pushed south from Caen toward Falaise in Operation Totalize on 8...
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Falaise pocket (category Operation Overlord)
continued until 13 August, the threat of Operation Lüttich had been ended within 24 hours. Operation Lüttich had led to the most powerful remaining German...
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launch of Operation Cobra, which destroyed the remnants of the Panzer Lehr Division, the corps was ordered to take part in Operation Lüttich, the abortive...
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France. After the German attempt to split the US armies at Mortain (Operation Lüttich), Bradley's Army Group and XV Corps became the southern pincer in...
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Cherbourg peninsula. The operation had been a success, despite a fierce German counter-attack on 7 August codenamed Operation Lüttich, and a number of German...
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Waffen-SS (section Arnhem and Operation Market Garden)
Both the 1st SS and 2nd SS Panzer Divisions took part in the failed Operation Lüttich in early August. The end came in mid August when the German Army was...
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August Hitler ordered a counter-offensive, Operation Lüttich, from Vire towards Avranches; the operation included Das Reich. The Allied forces were prepared...
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Between 9 and 12 August 1944, the regiment helped defeat the Germans in Operation Lüttich. The regiment fought in five European campaigns through France, Belgium...
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is approximately an eightfold disparity. The 2nd Armored blunted Operation Lüttich, the German counterattack on Avranches, then raced across France with...
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List of World War II battles (redirect from Raiding operations during World War II)
Verrières Ridge Operation Spring Battle of Cherbourg Battle of Carentan Battle of Bloody Gulch Battle of Saint-Lô Operation Cobra Operation Lüttich Battle for...
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rocket-firing Typhoons. At Mortain, where the German counter-offensive Operation Lüttich came within 2 miles (3.2 km) of cutting through US forces to Avranches...
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Schutzstaffel (section Anti-partisan operations)
August Hitler ordered a counter-offensive (Operation Lüttich) from Vire towards Avranches. The operation included LSSAH, Das Reich, 2nd, and 116th Panzer...
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Unternehmen Lüttich (Operation Liège) a German counter-offensive against the Americans. From 18 to 20 July, the British Second Army conducted Operation Goodwood...
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against the German Panzer counter-attack of Operation Lüttich, to preserve the breakout established in Operation Cobra. The defence failed and the Germans...
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was most famous for its actions in the Battle of Mortain (German: Operation Lüttich), repelling a German advance and preserving an American breakout from...
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of Normandy after Operation Cobra on 25 July 1944, Adolf Hitler ordered a counter-offensive against the US breakout, Operation Lüttich. Lieutenant General...
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took part in the Battle of Carentan, Operation Lüttich, and in fighting against the Allied forces in Operation Market Garden. Prior to the Ardennes Offensive...
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Against Kluge's advice to withdraw, Hitler ordered a counterattack, Operation Lüttich, between Mortain and Avranches. He demanded that all available Panzer...
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employed in various counterattacks, the largest of which, Unternehmen Lüttich (Operation Liège), was launched on 7 August between Mortain and Avranches. Although...
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Operation Jedburgh was a clandestine operation during World War II in which three-man teams of operatives of the British Special Operations Executive...
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Germans to regain the offensive initiative against the Allies through Operation Lüttich. Later, Warlimont urged General Heinrich Eberbach to continue his...
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Operation Pluto (Pipeline Under the Ocean or Pipeline Underwater Transportation of Oil, also written Operation PLUTO) was an operation by British engineers...
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was then ordered to take part in the Mortain Offensive, codenamed Operation Lüttich. After the failure of this offensive, the division was split into...
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Operation Bodyguard was the code name for a World War II deception strategy employed by the Allied states before the 1944 invasion of northwest Europe...
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Operation Fortitude was a military deception operation by the Allied nations as part of Operation Bodyguard, an overall deception strategy during the...
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days rest. Returning from its rest after the Germans had launched Operation Lüttich, the division was tasked with the advance to Condé-sur-Noireau some...
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List of Axis operational codenames in the European Theatre (redirect from List of Axis named operations in the European Theatre)
landing at Livorno, Italy Operation Lüttich 1944 - German counter-offensive at Mortain, France, in response to Operation Cobra Operation Maibaum 1944 - German...
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