Major clash between US and German armored forces, 1944
Battle of Arracourt
Part of the Lorraine Campaign of World War II
Arracourt commemorative monument
Date
18–29 September 1944
Location
48°44′30″N06°36′51″E / 48.74167°N 6.61417°E / 48.74167; 6.61417 near Arracourt, Lorraine, France
Result
U.S. victory
Belligerents
United States
Germany
Commanders and leaders
George S. Patton Bruce C. Clarke
Hasso von Manteuffel
Units involved
4th Armored Division
Combat Command A
5th Panzer Army
2 Panzer Brigades
elements of 2 Panzer Divisions
Strength
unknown
262 tanks & assault guns
Casualties and losses
41 medium tanks 7 light tanks 7 tank destroyers[1]
Third Army losses in 1944 september in Arracourt region:
151 M4 Sherman
49 M5A1
Dozens M10 and M18[2]
200 tanks & assault guns lost[3]
86 destroyed
114 damaged
During the battle, 73 tanks were destroyed / damaged by P-47s.[2]
5th Panzer Army losses in September of 1944 in Arracourt region:
118 Panther
101 Panzer IV
122 Jagdpanzer and Stug[2]
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The Battle of Arracourt took place between U.S. and German armoured forces near the town of Arracourt, Lorraine, France between 18 and 29 September 1944, during the Lorraine Campaign of World War II. As part of a counteroffensive against recent U.S. advances in France, the German 5th Panzer Army had as its objective the recapture of Lunéville and the elimination of the XII Corps bridgehead over the Moselle River at Dieulouard.[4][page needed]
With local superiority in troops and tanks, the Germans anticipated quick defeat of the defending Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 4th Armored Division.[4][page needed] With better intelligence, tactics and use of terrain, CCA and the XIX Tactical Air Command defeated two panzer brigades and elements of two panzer divisions over eleven days of battle.[4][page needed]
^Gabel, Christopher R., (Dr.), The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944 Archived 13 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, retrieved 26 October 2011
^ abcNorbert Számvéber, Armored battles in Lorraine, Arracourt, in the fall of 1944, Published: 2021 sept 1.
^Zaloga, Steven, Lorraine 1944, Oxford: Osprey Publishing (UK), ISBN 978-1-84176-089-6, (2000), p. 84
^ abcGabel, 1986
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