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In January 1945, a US tank opens fire in the snow near Sparsbach.

The Battle of Alsace was a military campaign between the Allies and the Germans in Alsace, eastern France, from 20 November 1944 to 19 March 1945.^[1]

References

^ Rowley, Anthony, ed. (2002). Dictionnaire d'histoire de France. Paris: Perrin. p. 32. ISBN 9782262013219. OCLC 301690235.

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Participants

Verbündete	Algerien Australien Belgien Brasilien Bulgaria (from September 1944) Kanada China Cuba Czechoslovakia Dänemark Äthiopien Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) Finland (from September 1944) Frankreich Free France Griechenland Indien Italy (from September 1943) Luxemburg Mexiko Niederlande Newfoundland Neuseeland Norwegen Philippinen Polen Romania (from August 1944) Sierra Leone Südafrika Southern Rhodesia Soviet Union Tuva Vereinigtes Königreich British Empire Vereinigte Staaten Puerto Rico Yugoslavia
Axis	Albania protectorate Bulgaria (until September 1944) Wang Jingwei regime Independent State of Croatia Finland (until September 1944) German Reich Ungarn Azad Hind French Indochina Iraq Italy (until September 1943) Italian Social Republic Empire of Japan Manchukuo Philippinen Romania (until August 1944) Slovak Republic Thailand Vichy France
Neutral	Afghanistan Andorra Bhutan Irland Liechtenstein Portugal Spanien Schweden Schweiz Tibet Vatican City
Resistance	Albanien Österreich Belgien Bulgarien Czech lands Dänemark Dutch East Indies Estland Äthiopien Frankreich Deutschland Griechenland Hongkong Italien Japan Jews Korea Korean Liberation Army Korean Volunteer Army Lettland Litauen Luxemburg Malaya Niederlande Northeast China Norwegen Philippinen Polen Rumänien Thailand Soviet Union Slowakei Western Ukraine Vietnam Quốc dân Đảng Viet Minh Yugoslavia
POWs	Finnish prisoners in the Soviet Union German prisoners Soviet Union Aserbaidschan Vereinigte Staaten Vereinigtes Königreich Italian prisoners in the Soviet Union Japanese prisoners Soviet Union Soviet prisoners Finnland atrocities by Germans Polish prisoners in the Soviet Union Romanian prisoners in the Soviet Union

Timeline

Prelude	Africa Second Italo-Ethiopian War Asia Second Sino-Japanese War Battles of Khalkhin Gol Europa Anschluss Munich Agreement Occupation of Czechoslovakia Operation Himmler Italian invasion of Albania
1939	Invasion of Poland Battle of the Atlantic Phoney War First Battle of Changsha Battle of South Guangxi Winter War 1939–1940 Winter Offensive
1940	Norwegian campaign German invasion of Denmark Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang German invasion of Luxembourg German invasion of the Netherlands German invasion of Belgium Battle of France Dunkirk evacuation Battle of Britain Battle of the Mediterranean North Africa West Africa British Somaliland Hundred Regiments Offensive Baltic states Eastern Romania Japanese invasion of French Indochina Italian invasion of Greece Compass
1941	Battle of South Henan Battle of Shanggao Invasion of Yugoslavia German invasion of Greece Battle of Crete Anglo-Iraqi War Battle of South Shanxi Syria–Lebanon campaign East African campaign Invasion of the Soviet Union Summer War Finland (Silver Fox) Litauen Battle of Kiev Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran Second Battle of Changsha Siege of Leningrad Battle of Moscow Bombing of Gorky Siege of Sevastopol Attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese invasion of Thailand Fall of Hong Kong Fall of the Philippines Battle of Guam Battle of Wake Island Malayan campaign Battle of Borneo Japanese invasion of Burma Third Battle of Changsha Greek famine of 1941–1944
1942	Fall of Singapore Battle of the Java Sea St Nazaire Raid Battle of Christmas Island Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Madagascar Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign Battle of Gazala Battle of Dutch Harbor Battle of Midway Aleutian Islands campaign Kiska Attu Blue First Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad Rzhev Jubilee Second Battle of El Alamein Guadalcanal campaign Torch Chinese famine of 1942–1943
1943	Tunisian campaign Battle of West Hubei Battle of Attu Bombing of Gorky Battle of Kursk Allied invasion of Sicily Smolensk Solomon Islands campaign Cottage Battle of the Dnieper Allied invasion of Italy Armistice of Cassibile Burma Northern Burma and Western Yunnan Changde Second Battle of Kiev Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign Tarawa Makin Bengal famine of 1943
1944	Tempest Monte Cassino / Anzio Korsun–Cherkassy Narva Ichi-Go Overlord Neptune Mariana and Palau Bagration Western Ukraine Second Battle of Guam Tannenberg Line Warsaw Uprising Eastern Romania Liberation of Paris Dragoon Gothic Line Belgrade offensive Lapland Market Garden Estland Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte Syrmian Front Ungarn Budapest Burma (1944–1945) Ardennes Bodenplatte Dutch famine of 1944–1945
1945	Vistula–Oder Battle of Manila Battle of Iwo Jima Indochina Vienna offensive Project Hula Western invasion of Germany Bratislava–Brno offensive Battle of Okinawa Second Guangxi campaign West Hunan Italy (Spring 1945) Battle of Berlin Prague offensive Surrender of Germany document Borneo Taipei Naval bombardment of Japan Manchuria Atomic bombings Debate South Sakhalin Kuril Islands Shumshu Surrender of Japan Potsdam Declaration document End of World War II in Asia

Liberation of France

Forces

Leaders

Administration

French
campaign

Nov 1940	Battle of Gabon
Jun 1941	Syria–Lebanon campaign
Dec 1941	Capture of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Nov 1942	Operation Torch Tunisian campaign Battle of Réunion
Sept 1943	Liberation of Corsica
Jan 1944	Battle of Vercors Battle of Glières
March 1944	Liberation of Limousin
May 1944	Battle of Mont Mouchet
Jun 1944	Operation Overlord Battle of Carentan Battle of Cherbourg Battle for Caen Liberation of Limousin Tulle massacre Liberation of Guéret^[fr] Oradour-sur-Glane massacre Maquis de Saint-Marcel Maquis de Saffré Battle of Ushant
July 1944	Liberation of Saint-Lô Battle of Mont Gargan^[fr] Operation Cobra
Aug 1944	Battle for Brittany Rennes Saint-Malo Liberation of Brest Atlantic pockets: Lorient Saint-Nazaire Lioran^[fr] Égletons^[fr] Battle of Port Cros Battle of La Ciotat Provence landings Liberation of Toulon Liberation of Marseille Liberation of Paris Maillé massacre Liberation of Guéret^[fr] Battle of Montélimar^[fr] Liberation of Nice^[fr]
Sept 1944	Liberation of Nancy Operation Astonia Operation Undergo Atlantic pockets: La Rochelle Royan Dunkirk Battle of Arracourt Battle of Meximieux^[fr]
Nov 1944 - March 1945	Battle of Alsace Liberation of Strasbourg Colmar Pocket Bitche^[fr]
Apr 1945	Atlantic pockets: Royan
May 1945	Atlantic pockets: Dunkirk La Rochelle Lorient Saint-Nazaire

Aftermath

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