31 December 1944 A.D. “Operation Nordwind,” Germany’s Last Major Offensive on the Western Front Begins
Editors. “1944 – Operation Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front
begins.” This Day
in U.S. Military History. N.d. http://thisdayinusmilhist.wordpress.com/2004/12/31/december-31/. Accessed 30 Dec 2014.
1944 – Operation
Nordwind, the last major German offensive on the Western Front begins.
The goal of the offensive was to break through the lines of the U.S. 7th Army
and French 1st Army in the Upper Vosges mountains and the Alsatian Plain, and
destroy them. This would leave the way open for Operation Dentist (Unternehmen
Zahnarzt), a planned major thrust into the rear of the U.S. 3rd Army which
would lead to the destruction of that army. Operation Nordwind, although costly
for both sides, was ultimately unsuccessful, and the failure of the offensive allowed
the U.S. 7th Army to contain the German push towards Strasbourg. Any gains
attained by the offensive were negated by the later Operation Undertone.
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