Located in Alsace in eastern France, the Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; (German: Brückenkopf Elsaß) was the site of a three-week operation during the Second World War, between 20 January and 9 February, 1945, where the French First Army and the U.S. XXI Corps overwhelmed German Nineteenth Army resistance in bitter, extremely cold winter fighting over terrain that offered practically no cover for attacking forces.
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World War II, or the Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), was a global military conflict which involved most of the world's nations, including all great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. The war involved the mobilisation of over 100...
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