Lorraine 1944: Patton versus Manteuffel - 75

Osprey's examination of the confrontation between the US Army and German forces in Lorraine during World War II (1939-1945).

In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive.

But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles.

The battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the better-equipped and better-trained US Army.

The Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the US Army from establishing bridgeheads over the Moselle along Germany's western frontier.