Battle of Mortain

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The Battle of Mortain was a major World War II engagement in August 1944 in Normandy, where German forces launched a failed counteroffensive against the advancing Allied armies, helping to secure the Allied breakout from France.

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instanceOf World War II battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Operation Lüttich
belligerent British Army
Canadian Army
Nazi Germany
United States Army
commander Adolf Hitler
Field Marshal Günther von Kluge
linked to: Günther von Kluge

General Omar Bradley
linked to: Omar Bradley

General Paul Hausser
Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges
Lieutenant General George S. Patton
linked to: George S. Patton
conflict World War II
countryInvolved Canada
Germany
United Kingdom
United States
dateEnd 1944-08-13
dateStart 1944-08-07
followedBy Falaise Pocket
front Western Front
involvedUnit German 116th Panzer Division
German 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
German 2nd Panzer Division
linked to: 2nd Panzer Division

German 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
German Panzer-Lehr-Division
U.S. 1st Infantry Division
U.S. 30th Infantry Division
U.S. 3rd Armored Division
locationRelative East of Avranches, Normandy
month August 1944
notableFeature Extensive use of Allied tactical air power
German attack ordered personally by Adolf Hitler
objective Allied defense of the Avranches corridor
German counteroffensive to cut off U.S. forces
operationName Operation Lüttich
partOf Normandy campaign
linked to: Battle of Normandy
place Mortain, Normandy, France
precededBy Operation Cobra
result Allied victory
strategicSignificance Contributed to encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket
Failed German attempt to cut off U.S. forces that had broken out at Avranches
Helped secure Allied breakout from Normandy
tacticalOutcome Allied retention of key terrain around Mortain
German armored losses
theater European Theater of Operations
year 1944

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Mortain notableFor Battle of Mortain
U.S. 30th Infantry Division participatedIn Battle of Mortain