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- Battle Name is exactly "Unternehmen Nordwind (Northwind), the drive to Strasbourg, was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Launched on January 1, 1945, it was initially successful as the Axis forces broke through the thinly stretched U.S. 7th Army line and drove toward Strasbourg. Elements of the 79th Infantry Division, however, were able to stall the German 1st Army and 39th Panzer Corps at the villages of Hatten and Rittershoffen, two small Alsatian towns just north of the Haguenau forest and a mile or so apart. Surrounded by German forces on three sides, the 42nd US Infantry Division was rushed forward to relieve them. The battle raged for almost a month, resulting in heavy casualties on both sides."
Counterattack at HattenScenario#: 5 Date: 1945-01-09 Location: HattenBy December 21st, the German High Command had realized that the Ardennes Offensive was not going to reach its objectives. A sudden attack on the southern Allied front might damage the gap that Patton’s Third Army had left on its … Last Hundred Yards — Last Hundred Yards |
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