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In mid-January 1945, in the midst of the German offensives in the Ardennes and further south in Alsace (Operation Nordwind), a third, largely unknown, attack west was launched by the Germans and involved a heavily-armed Panzer division of some repute.

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Main Source: 'The Last Offensive: Chapter VII - The Saar-Moselle Triangle', by Charles B. MacDonald, US Army in World War II: European Theater of Operations.

Credits: The National Archives; Library of Congress; Matthewedwards; Mosella
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