Battle of Dompaire

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The Battle of Dompaire was a World War II engagement in September 1944 in northeastern France, where French armoured forces, supported by Allied air power, decisively defeated a German Panzer brigade.

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Bataille de Dompaire 1
Battle of Dompaire canonical 1
battle of Dompaire 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
airSupportFrom Ninth Air Force ⓘ
surface form: 9th Air Force

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
surface form: P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft
alsoKnownAs Battle of Dompaire ⓘ
surface form: Bataille de Dompaire
belligerent Free French Forces ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
campaign Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ
combatant 112th Panzer Brigade ⓘ
2nd Armoured Division (France) ⓘ
surface form: 2nd French Armoured Division
commander Heinrich von Lüttwitz ⓘ
Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countryAtTime Provisional Government of the French Republic ⓘ
date September 1944 ⓘ
endDate 1944-09-14 ⓘ
followedBy Allied advance toward the Vosges ⓘ
FrenchArmourUsed M4 Sherman tank ⓘ
surface form: M4 Sherman tanks
FrenchCasualties significantly lower than German casualties ⓘ
FrenchCommander Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ⓘ
surface form: General Philippe Leclerc
FrenchUnitType armoured division ⓘ
front Lorraine front ⓘ
GermanArmourUsed Panther tank ⓘ
surface form: Panther tanks

Panzer IV tanks ⓘ
GermanCasualties major losses in tanks and personnel ⓘ
GermanUnitType Panzer brigade ⓘ
hasPart engagement at Dompaire ⓘ
engagement at Ville-sur-Illon ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1944 in France ⓘ
involves armoured warfare ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern France ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeRegion Vosges department ⓘ
notableFor effective coordination of armour and air power ⓘ
heavy German tank losses ⓘ
objective destroy German 112th Panzer Brigade ⓘ
partOf Western Front of World War II ⓘ
place Dompaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Allied breakout from Normandy ⓘ
result decisive French and Allied victory ⓘ
startDate 1944-09-12 ⓘ
strategicEffect weakened German armoured strength in Lorraine ⓘ
supportedBy Allied air power ⓘ
USAAF fighter‑bombers ⓘ
tacticalOutcome destruction of most of German 112th Panzer Brigade ⓘ
theater European Theater of Operations, United States Army ⓘ
surface form: European Theater of Operations

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

Battle of Dompaire → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Dompaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bataille de Dompaire
2e DB → notableEngagement → Battle of Dompaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: battle of Dompaire