Part of the Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine in the Western Front of World War II
The Schwammenauel dam at the Rur - one of the main objectives of Operation Queen
Date
16 November – 16 December 1944
Location
Rur valley and environs, Germany
Result
German defensive victory[1]
Belligerents
United States Air support United Kingdom
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Dwight Eisenhower Omar Bradley Courtney Hodges William Hood Simpson
Gerd von Rundstedt Walter Model Gustav-Adolf von Zangen Erich Brandenberger
Strength
Twelfth United States Army Group 1st Army 9th Army
Army Group B 7th Army 15th Army
Casualties and losses
38,500
39,000
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Siegfried Line campaign
France
Channel Coast
Dieppe
Le Havre
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Calais
Lorraine
Nancy
Dompaire
Arracourt
Metz
Fort Driant
Strasbourg
Belgium
Moerbrugge
Geel
Scheldt
Netherlands
Market Garden
Nijmegen bridgehead
Pheasant
Overloon
Broekhuizen
Germany
Hürtgen Forest
Aachen
Crucifix Hill
Geilenkirchen
Queen
Logistics
British
American
Transportation
Services and supply
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Western Front (1944–1945)
Overlord
Chastity
Dragoon
Paris
Siegfried Line campaign
Channel Coast
Dieppe
Le Havre
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Calais
Market Garden
Lorraine
Aachen
Hürtgen Forest
Scheldt
Queen
Bulge
Nordwind
Blackcock
Colmar Pocket
Reichswald
Alps
Invasion of Germany
End of World War II in Europe
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Western Front of World War II
Phoney War
River Forth
Saar
The Heligoland Bight
Wikinger
Luxembourg
Schuster Line
The Netherlands
Maastricht
Mill
The Hague
Rotterdam
Zeeland
The Grebbeberg
Afsluitdijk
Rotterdam Blitz
Belgium
Fort Eben-Emael
Hannut
David
Gembloux
La Lys
Ypres–Comines Canal
France
Sedan
Montcornet
Saumur
Arras
Boulogne
Calais
Dunkirk
Dynamo
Abbeville
Lille
Paula
1st Alps
Haddock Force
Britain
Kanalkampf
Adlertag
The Hardest Day
Battle of Britain Day
Sea Lion
1941–1943
Cerberus
Donnerkeil
Baedeker Blitz
Commando Raids
St Nazaire Raid
Dieppe Raid
1944–1945
Baby Blitz
Overlord
Chastity
Dragoon
Siegfried Line
Netherlands
Market Garden
Hürtgen Forest
Aachen
Queen
Scheldt
Bulge
Nordwind
2nd Alps
Colmar Pocket
Atlantic Pockets
Germany
Blackcock
Veritable
Grenade
Blockbuster
Lumberjack
Remagen
Cologne
Gisela
Undertone
Plunder
Varsity
Paderborn
Ruhr
TF Baum
Frankfurt
Würzburg
Kassel
Heilbronn
Nuremberg
Hamburg
Strategic campaigns
The Blitz
Defence of the Reich
Strategic Bombing Campaign
Raids on the Atlantic Wall
Battle of Atlantic
Operation Queen was an American operation during World War II on the Western Front at the German Siegfried Line.
The operation was aimed against the Rur River, as a staging point for a subsequent thrust over the river to the Rhine into Germany. It was conducted by the First and Ninth U.S. Armies.
The offensive commenced on 16 November 1944 with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombings of the war. However, the Allied advance was unexpectedly slow, against heavy German resistance, especially in the Hürtgen Forest through which the main thrust of the offensive was carried out. By mid-December, the Allies finally reached the Rur and tried to capture its important dams, when the Germans launched their own offensive, dubbed Wacht am Rhein. The ensuing Battle of the Bulge led to the immediate cessation of Allied offensive efforts into Germany until February 1945.
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