During the Second World War, Operation Clipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps (which included the American 84th Infantry Division) to reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in mid-November 1944. Clipper was the preliminary to a wider Allied operation, Operation Queen, to gain control of the Roer valley and of the Hürtgen Forest.
Geilenkirchen is situated on the Wurm River, some 20 km (12 mi) north of Aachen. The surrounding area is undulating, alternating between woodland, farmland and industrial villages. The area was crossed by a network of passable minor roads, some major roads and a railway line. The Wurm is the major geographic feature.[1]
The salient was a German position on the Siegfried Line (Westwall) at the boundary between the British Second Army and the American 9th Army. It restricted the movement of Allied forces and was a potential threat.
During the Second World War, OperationClipper was an Allied offensive by the British XXX Corps (which included the American 84th Infantry Division) to...
reduce the Geilenkirchen salient in the north in a different operation named OperationClipper. The long term target after the Rur was crossed was to reach...
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of Heerlen and 20 km (12.4 mi) north of Aachen. It was the site of OperationClipper in November 1944. The town gives its name to nearby NATO Air Base...
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Army in the Normandy bocage, at the Battle for Brest, and during OperationClipper, the Anglo-American assault on Geilenkirchen. C Squadron also supported...
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December 1944. During Operation Pheasant, the British I Corps was reinforced by the US 104th Infantry Division. During OperationClipper, the US 84th Infantry...
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light for the mine-clearing flail tanks supporting the infantry in OperationClipper. Some British tanks were sent to India in 1945. The US Tenth Army...
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first battle, took its first German town, Geilenkirchen, as part of OperationClipper. During the Battle of the Bulge, Horrocks was temporarily relieved...
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