Battle of Alsace

Battle of Alsace
Part of the Second World War
DateNovember 20, 1944 - March 19, 1945
Location
Result Decisive Allied victory
Belligerents
Casualties and losses
  • France: ~3,000/4,000 killed, several thousands injured.
  • United States: Thousands killed and injured.
  • Germany: approximately 23,000 killed or injured; 23,000 prisoners.[1]
In January 1945, a M10 tank destroyer opens fire in the snow near Sparsbach.
American tanks heading towards Drusenheim in January 1945.

The Battle of Alsace was a military campaign between the Allies, mainly French, and the Germans in Alsace, eastern France, from 20 November 1944 to 19 March 1945. It led to the liberation of Alsace by the Allies.[2]

  1. ^ Dufour, Pierre (2014). La campagne d'Alsace: automne 1944-hiver 1945. Paris: Grancher. ISBN 978-2-7339-1278-2.
  2. ^ Rowley 2002, p. 32.