Ardennes Counteroffensive

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Was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.

Chronology

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1. German Offensive in Yugoslavia

German offensive during the World War II Axis invasion of Yugoslavia.

April 1941: SS-Obersturmfuehrer (1st Lt.) Klingenberg of the 2d SS Motorized Infantry Division entered Belgrade with an SS patrol. The mayor of Belgrade officially handed over the city to Klingenberg

April 1941: Late in the afternoon of the 10th April German Tanks entered the city of Zagreb.

2. Allied Counteroffensive

Allied military operations to liberate Belgium and Luxembourg during World War II.

January 1945: Territorial changes based on the known frontline of the western front of World War II in that date.

Selected Sources

Blau, G.E.(1953): PART TWO THE YUGOSLAV CAMPAIGN. U.S. Army Center of Military History. Retrieved on 5 April 2024 on https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/balkan/20_260_2.htm

German Ardennes Counter-Offensive, 26 December 1944 16 January 1945. United States Military Academy West Point. Retrieved on March, 26th, 2024 on https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/academics/academic_departments/history/WWII%20Europe%20Med/WWIIEurope73.jpg

Tomasevich, J. (1975): War and Revolution in Yugoslavia, 1941-1945, Stanford University Press, p.68