Operation Nordwind
This article is about the 1944–45 operation. For the 1941 operation, see Operation Nordwind (1941). Operation Nordwind Part of the Western Front of World War II Date 31 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 ( 1944-12-31 – 1945-01-25 ) Location Alsace and Lorraine, France and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Result German operational failure Belligerents United States France Germany Commanders and leaders Jacob L. Devers Alexander Patch Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Johannes Blaskowitz Hans von Obstfelder Heinrich Himmler Siegfried Rasp Units involved U.S. Seventh Army .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal} VI Corps 42nd Infantry Division 45th Infantry Division 70th Infantry Division 79th Infantry Division XV Corps 103rd Infantry Division 44th Infantry Division 100th Infantry Division 63rd Infantry Division XXI Corps 36th Infantry Division 12th Armored Division ...