Strasbourg

On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division and 106th Panzer Brigade and other armored …

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On the 7th of January 1945, the German Nineteen Army initiated an attack south of Strasbourg against the First French Army. Code-named 'Sonnenwende' ("Winter Solstice"), the operation led by the 198th Volksgrenadier Division and 106th Panzer Brigade and other armored elements threatened the southern flank of the VI Corps and the city of Strasbourg. The initial German assault concentrated on the west side of the Rhone-Rhine Canal, hoping for a fall back of French forces between the canal and the Rhine, if Erstine could be taken quickly enough. The bulk of the German Armor and one regiment of the Volksgrenadier Division drove north then swung back to cut off the French infantry in a forward position. De Lattre's French forces, consisting of the French 5th Armored Division and the French 1st Infantry Division, held up. After the initial push, although ordered to press on, German forces could not push on beyond the southern suburbs of Strasbourg, never becoming a serious threat. Operation Sonnenwende ended with only minor gains....

Strasbourg, France

The Colmar Pocket was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group during World War II. It was formed when 6th AG liberated southern and northern Alsace and adjacent eastern Lorraine, but could not clear central Alsace. During Operation Nordwind in December 1944, the 19th Army attacked north out of the Pocket in support of other German forces attacking south from the Saar into northern Alsace. In late January and early February 1945, the French First Army cleared the Pocket of German forces.

Wikipedia: Colmar Pocket

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