Operation Clipper
Allied offensive during World War IIDuring the Second World War, Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944. Clipper was the preliminary to a wider Allied operation, Operation Queen, to gain control of the Roer valley and of the Hürtgen Forest.
Read article
Top Questions
AI generatedMore questions
Nearby Places
Heinsberg (district)
District in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Übach-Palenberg
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Geilenkirchen
Town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen
Main Operating Base of NATO E-3 Sentry aircraft
RAF Geilenkirchen
Former Royal Air Force station in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Rimburg
Village in Limburg, Netherlands
Übach-Palenberg station
Railway station in Übach-Palenberg, Germany
Geilenkirchen station
Railway station in Geilenkirchen, Germany