Battle of Arracourt

Battle of Arracourt

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Arracourt
partof=World War II


caption = Arracourt commemorative monument
date=September 18 - 29, 1944
place=coord|48|44|30|N|06|36|51|E
Lorraine
result=U.S. victory
combatant1=flag|United States|1912
combatant2=flag|Nazi Germany|name=Germany
commander1=flagicon|United States|1912 John S. Wood
commander2=flagicon|Nazi Germany Hasso von Manteuffel
strength1=1 armored division
strength2=2 armored brigades, and
elements of 2 armored divisions
casualties1=39 tanks and TDs
casualties2=86 tanks and assault gunsThe Battle of Arracourt was a World War II clash of U.S. and German armored forces near the town of Arracourt (coord|48|43|53|N|06|32|09|E), Lorraine, France, during September 18 - 29, 1944.

The German Fifth Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the collapse of the U.S. XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard (coord|48|49|52|N|06|05|44|E). Having a local superiority in troops and tanks, the German tankers expected to deliver a sharp defeat to the defending 4th Armored Division. Flaunting German expectations, the 4th Armored Division proved by far to have superior training and command of armored tactics, thoroughly defeating two Panzer brigades and elements of two Panzer divisions.

Further reading

* Cole, Hugh M., "The Lorraine Campaign", Washington D.C.: Center of Military History, 1997.
* Fox, Don M., "Patton's Vanguard - The United States Army Fourth Armored Division", Jefferson NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. 2003 ISBN 0-7864-1582-7.
* Zaloga, Steven J., "Lorraine 1944", Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-0897.

External links

* [http://www.army.mil/cmh/books/wwii/lorraine/lorraine-content.html Cole's "The Lorraine Campaign" online]


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