Block at Ville-Sur-Illon

On September 11, 1944, Wade Haislip's XV Corps of Patton's 3rd Army began moving forward to push the weakened German 64th Corps back over the Moselle. While the U.S. 79th Division pinned the German 16th Infantry Division via frontal attack, the French 2nd Armored Division found a gap between …

1944-09-13

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On September 11, 1944, Wade Haislip's XV Corps of Patton's 3rd Army began moving forward to push the weakened German 64th Corps back over the Moselle. While the U.S. 79th Division pinned the German 16th Infantry Division via frontal attack, the French 2nd Armored Division found a gap between the 16th and its neighbor. Kampfgruppe Ottenbacher. Soon French armored columns were behind the German positions and threatened to encircle them in the Epinal region.

Ville-Sur-Illon, France

The Lorraine Campaign was the operations of the U.S. Third Army in Lorraine during World War II from September 1 through December 18, 1944. Official U.S. Army campaign names for this period and location are Northern France and Rhineland. The term was popularized by the publication of the volume The Lorraine Campaign of the official history of the U.S. Army in 1950.

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