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    Liège (redirect from Lüttich)
    French: [ljɛʒ] ; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the...
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    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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  • [stɑ̃daʁ ljɛʒ]; Dutch: Standard Luik [ˈstɑndɑrt ˈlœyk]; German: Standard Lüttich [ˈstandaʁt ˈlʏtɪç, ˈʃtan-]) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian...
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    forbade any retreat, and ordered a counteroffensive, codenamed Operation Lüttich, by the XLVII Panzer Corps, consisting of the 2nd Panzer Division, part...
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    813 km2 (1,472 sq mi) 1,360,074 360/km2 (930/sq mi) WHT  Liège Luik Liège Lüttich Liège 3,857 km2 (1,489 sq mi) 1,119,038 290/km2 (750/sq mi) WLG  Luxembourg...
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    The 1924 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and officially...
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    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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    Notker (or Notger) of Liège (Latin: Notgerus; c. 940 – 10 April 1008 AD) was a Benedictine monk, bishop (972–1008) and first prince-bishop (980–1008) of...
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    (French: [ljɛʒ] ; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] ) is the easternmost province of the Wallonia region of Belgium...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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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...
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  • French: Adelman de Liège, Dutch: Adelman van Luik, German: Adelmann von Lüttich; ?, – c. 1061, Brescia) was the bishop of Brescia, in Northern Italy, during...
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    Leonardus Syttin  Russian Empire 81 Frantz Rosenberg  Norway 81 25 Hans Lüttich  Germany 77 Charles de Jaubert  France 77 27 André Fleury  France 74 Carsten...
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    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 of Normandy...
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    Carentan Battle of Bloody Gulch Battle of Saint-Lô Operation Cobra Operation Lüttich Battle for Brest Operation Totalize Falaise Pocket Operation Tractable...
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    France, and on 4 August Hitler ordered a counter-offensive (Operation Lüttich) from Vire towards Avranches. The operation included LSSAH, Das Reich,...
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  • 1211 Leuze-en-Hainaut Tournai  Hainaut 13,814 1825 Liège (nl: Luik, de: Lüttich) Liège  Liège 197,885 1825 Lier (fr: Lierre) Mechelen  Antwerp 35,244 1825...
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    Panzer Lehr Division, the corps was ordered to take part in Operation Lüttich, the abortive counter-offensive towards Avranches. The corps was caught...
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    objections, on 4 August Hitler ordered a counter-offensive (Operation Lüttich) from Vire towards Avranches. While II Canadian Corps pushed south from...
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    1598. Liège Bishopric French: Principauté de Liége German: Fürstbistum Lüttich Walloon: Principåté d' Lidje 980–1789/1795 Lower Rhenish / Westphalian...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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    Kluge to launch Operation Lüttich against the Americans. As the Resistance had severed the telephone lines, the orders for Lüttich were transmitted via the...
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     Flemish Brabant None  Walloon Brabant  Hainaut  Luxem­bourg  Namur  Liège/Lüttich Arrondissements 43 8 6 3 3 2 1 1 7 5 3 4 Municipalities 581 64 60 69 42...
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    the United Kingdom with 109 Bismarck survivors, as one survivor (Gerhard Lüttich) had died of his wounds the day after his rescue and was buried at sea...
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    Germany, and started heading toward Brittany. Hitler ordered Operation Luttich to reestablish the front, but it failed. On 15 August, the Allies landed...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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    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 forming...
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    Goodwood Verrières Ridge Breakout Cobra Spring Bluecoat Totalize Hill 140 Lüttich Tractable Hill 262 Chambois Falaise Saint-Malo Brest Mantes-Gassicourt...
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