Operation Lüttich

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World War II battle military operation

Operation Lüttich was a German counteroffensive launched in August 1944 near Mortain in Normandy, aimed at halting the Allied breakout following the D-Day landings.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Operation Lüttich canonical	2
Operation Liège	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aim	to cut off U.S. forces that had advanced to Avranches ⓘ to halt the Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ surface form: Mortain counteroffensive Operation Lüttich ⓘ surface form: Operation Liège
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
combatantStrength	several German panzer divisions ⓘ
commandedBy	Günther von Kluge ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal Günther von Kluge General Paul Hausser ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Canada ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
date	August 1944 ⓘ
dateEnd	1944-08-13 ⓘ
dateStart	1944-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of the Falaise Pocket ⓘ surface form: Falaise Pocket
front	Battle of Normandy ⓘ surface form: Normandy campaign
historicalPeriod	1944 in World War II ⓘ
involvedUnit	116th Panzer Division ⓘ 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ 2nd Panzer Division ⓘ 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich ⓘ U.S. 30th Infantry Division ⓘ U.S. 35th Infantry Division ⓘ U.S. 3rd Armored Division ⓘ
location	near Mortain, France ⓘ
militaryTheater	European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ surface form: European Theater of Operations
namedAfter	the German name for the Belgian city of Liège ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy use of Allied fighter-bombers against German armor ⓘ
opposedBy	First United States Army ⓘ VII Corps ⓘ surface form: VII Corps (United States)
orderedBy	Adolf Hitler ⓘ
outcome	German counteroffensive repulsed ⓘ contributed to the encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket ⓘ
partOf	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
place	Mortain ⓘ Normandy ⓘ
precededBy	Operation Cobra ⓘ
primaryObjective	recapture Avranches and sever Allied supply lines ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	failed German attempt to reverse the Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
strategicContext	attempt to restore a continuous German front in Normandy ⓘ
supportedBy	Allied Expeditionary Air Force ⓘ surface form: Allied tactical air forces
typeOfAttack	armored counteroffensive ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World War II → hasPart → Operation Lüttich ⓘ

Operation Lüttich → alsoKnownAs → Operation Lüttich ⓘ

this entity surface form: Operation Liège

Mortain → eventLocation → Operation Lüttich ⓘ