Lorraine campaign
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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.[citation needed]
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Lorraine campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Siegfried Line campaign, World War II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States France[1] | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
George S. Patton | Hermann Balck | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
55,182
151 medium tank destroyed (only in 1944 sept) |
75,000 captured 341 tanks destroyed |
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