Western Germany campaign of 1758

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The Western Germany campaign of 1758 was a series of military operations during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick fought French armies for control of western German territories.

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instanceOf campaign of the Seven Years' War
military campaign
commander Ferdinand of Brunswick NERFINISHED
Louis Georges Érasme de Contades NERFINISHED
Louis de Bourbon-Condé, comte de Clermont NERFINISHED
commandStructure Allied army of Ferdinand of Brunswick under British subsidy
conflict Seven Years' War
followedBy Western Germany campaign of 1759 NERFINISHED
hasPart Allied advance into Hesse in 1758
Allied winter offensive of 1757–1758 in Westphalia NERFINISHED
Battle of Krefeld NERFINISHED
Battle of Rheinberg NERFINISHED
French retreat to the Rhine in 1758
involvedForce British Army NERFINISHED
Brunswick troops
French Royal Army NERFINISHED
Hanoverian Army NERFINISHED
Hessian troops
location Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Western Germany NERFINISHED
mainBelligerent Allied army under Ferdinand of Brunswick
Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED
Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel NERFINISHED
notableEngagement Battle of Krefeld NERFINISHED
Battle of Rheinberg NERFINISHED
objective control of western German territories
expulsion of French forces from Hanover and Westphalia
opposedBy French Army of the Rhine NERFINISHED
opposingBelligerent Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
partOf Seven Years' War
precededBy Western Germany campaign of 1757 NERFINISHED
result Allied strategic success
French forces pushed back behind the Rhine
startTime 1758
strategicImportance defence of Hanover
security of the British ally in northwestern Germany
theatreOfOperations Western Front of the Seven Years' War NERFINISHED
year 1758

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Battle of Bielefeld (Seven Years' War) campaign Western Germany campaign of 1758
Battle of Münster (Seven Years' War) partOf Western Germany campaign of 1758
this entity surface form: Western German campaign of the Seven Years' War
Battle of Kassel (Seven Years' War) partOf Western Germany campaign of 1758
this entity surface form: Anglo-Prussian-Hanoverian campaigns in Germany