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.

Aliases (1)

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	Mortain counteroffensive → Operation Liège →
belligerent	Allied forces → Wehrmacht →
combatantStrength	several German panzer divisions →
commandedBy	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	Falaise Pocket →
front	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 →
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 (United States) →
orderedBy	Adolf Hitler →
outcome	German counteroffensive repulsed → contributed to the encirclement of German forces in the Falaise Pocket →
partOf	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 tactical air forces →
typeOfAttack	armored counteroffensive →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Operation Lüttich ("Operation Liège") →	alsoKnownAs
World War II →	hasPart