Operation Lüttich was a codename given to a German counterattack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain from 7 August to 13 August, 1944. (Lüttich is the German name for the city of Liège in Belgium, where the Germans had won a victory in the early days of August, 1914, during the First World War. ) The offensive is also referred to in American and British histories of the Battle of Normandy simply as the Mortain counter-offensive.

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  • 2,000–3,000 killed
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  • Germany
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    RAF Second Tactical Air Force
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  • Operation Lüttich was a codename given to a German counterattack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain from 7 August to 13 August, 1944. (Lüttich is the German name for the city of Liège in Belgium, where the Germans had won a victory in the early days of August, 1914, during the First World War. ) The offensive is also referred to in American and British histories of the Battle of Normandy simply as the Mortain counter-offensive. The assault was ordered by Adolf Hitler, to eliminate the gains made by the First United States Army during Operation Cobra and the subsequent weeks, and by reaching the coast in the region of Avranches at the base of the Cotentin peninsula, cut off the units of the Third United States Army which had advanced into Brittany. The main German striking force was the XLVII Panzer Korps, with one and a half SS Panzer Divisions and two Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions. Although they made initial gains against the defending US VII Corps, they were soon halted and Allied aircraft inflicted severe losses on the attacking troops, eventually destroying nearly half of the tanks involved in the attack. Although fighting continued around Mortain for six days, the American forces had regained the initiative within a day of the opening of the German attack. As the German commanders on the spot had warned Hitler in vain, there was little chance of the attack succeeding, and the concentration of their armoured reserves at the western end of the front in Normandy soon led to disaster, as they were outflanked to their south and the front to their east collapsed, resulting in many of the German troops in Normandy being trapped in the Falaise Pocket.
  • Das Unternehmen Lüttich war ein deutscher Gegenangriff auf den Ausbruchversuch der alliierten Streitkräfte, die den Landungskopf der Operation Neptune im Rahmen der Operation Overlord nach Osten und Südosten erweitern wollten. Sie fand am 6. August 1944 in der Normandie zwischen den Städten Mortain und Avranches statt.
  • La contre-attaque de Mortain, nom de code opération Liège (en allemand Unternehmen Lüttich), est une offensive de l'armée allemande pendant la bataille de Normandie, sur le flanc droit des forces Alliées. Elle s’est déroulée du 7 au 13 août 1944 dans la région de Mortain. Décidée par Hitler contre l'avis de son état-major qui préconisait un repli des troupes, elle fait suite à la percée d'Avranches par les troupes américaines qui ont réussi à pénétrer en Bretagne. La contre-attaque allemande sera un échec cuisant et permettra aux Alliés d'encercler une partie de la Werchmacht dans la poche de Falaise. Le nom Lüttich, fait référence à une offensive similaire que le général Ludendorff avait lancée sur cette ville belge, pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, exactement trente ans auparavant.
  • リュティヒ作戦（英：Operation Lüttich、：独Unternehmen Lüttich）とはノルマンディー上陸作戦中に行われたドイツ国防軍の反撃作戦であり、1944年8月7日から13日の間に主にモルタン近郊でアメリカ軍との間に戦闘が発生した。（リュティヒ（Lüttich）はベルギー、リエージュ（Liége）のドイツ語読み）この戦いはノルマンディー上陸作戦のモルタンの戦いとしてアメリカ、イギリスの記録に記録されている。 作戦はナチス・ドイツ総統アドルフ・ヒトラーによって命じられ、アメリカ第1軍、第3軍を切り離すことを目的にしており、コタンタン半島のアヴランシュまでの進撃を目標にしていた。 ドイツ軍主力部隊は1個半のSS装甲師団、2個装甲師団で形成された第XLVII装甲軍団であり、アメリカ軍第VⅡ軍団に対して攻撃を開始したが、すぐに進撃は停止した。そして連合軍の空軍による激しい空爆のため、ドイツ軍は所属していた戦車のほぼ半数を失った。戦闘は6日間、モルタン近郊で行われたが、初日のうちにアメリカ軍は反撃を跳ね返した。 ドイツ軍の指揮官はヒトラーに攻撃は無駄であると警告していたが、事実、成功の可能性はほとんどなかった。それどころかドイツ軍南方へアメリカ軍が回り、東方向の正面でも押され始めたため、ノルマンディー方面である西側は戦力不足でさらに押された。その後、ファレーズ・ポケットと呼ばれるドイツ軍の大量包囲につながり、ノルマンディーでの連合軍の優位が確立する。
  • De Operatie Lüttich, ook wel tegenaanval van Mortain genoemd, was een Duitse tegenaanval tegen de uitbraak van de geallieerde strijdkrachten uit hun Normandische bruggenhoofd. Ze vond plaats op 6 augustus 1944 tussen de plaatsen Mortain en Avranches.
  • A Operação Lüttich foi um contra-ataque alemão contra as forças aliadas, na região de Avranches, durante a libertação da França, na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O objetivo não alcançado do plano era tomar Avranches e cortar a ligaçao do 3º Exército de Patton com as principais linhas de suprimento. Ao fim dos combates, os alemães se retiraram da cidade de Mortain para evitar o cerco completo de suas forças na região. A essa altura, a Alemanha não tinha mais suprimentos nem tropas para impedir o avanço aliado. Lüttich é a designação alemã para a cidade belga de Liège.
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  • German Armoured Column destroyed during Operation Luttich, August 1944
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  • 150 tanks unknown number of infantry
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  • 7 August - 13 August, 1944
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  • Operation Lüttich was a codename given to a German counterattack during the Battle of Normandy, which took place around the American positions near Mortain from 7 August to 13 August, 1944. (Lüttich is the German name for the city of Liège in Belgium, where the Germans had won a victory in the early days of August, 1914, during the First World War. ) The offensive is also referred to in American and British histories of the Battle of Normandy simply as the Mortain counter-offensive.
  • Das Unternehmen Lüttich war ein deutscher Gegenangriff auf den Ausbruchversuch der alliierten Streitkräfte, die den Landungskopf der Operation Neptune im Rahmen der Operation Overlord nach Osten und Südosten erweitern wollten. Sie fand am 6. August 1944 in der Normandie zwischen den Städten Mortain und Avranches statt.
  • La contre-attaque de Mortain, nom de code opération Liège (en allemand Unternehmen Lüttich), est une offensive de l'armée allemande pendant la bataille de Normandie, sur le flanc droit des forces Alliées. Elle s’est déroulée du 7 au 13 août 1944 dans la région de Mortain. Décidée par Hitler contre l'avis de son état-major qui préconisait un repli des troupes, elle fait suite à la percée d'Avranches par les troupes américaines qui ont réussi à pénétrer en Bretagne.
  • De Operatie Lüttich, ook wel tegenaanval van Mortain genoemd, was een Duitse tegenaanval tegen de uitbraak van de geallieerde strijdkrachten uit hun Normandische bruggenhoofd. Ze vond plaats op 6 augustus 1944 tussen de plaatsen Mortain en Avranches.
  • A Operação Lüttich foi um contra-ataque alemão contra as forças aliadas, na região de Avranches, durante a libertação da França, na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O objetivo não alcançado do plano era tomar Avranches e cortar a ligaçao do 3º Exército de Patton com as principais linhas de suprimento. Ao fim dos combates, os alemães se retiraram da cidade de Mortain para evitar o cerco completo de suas forças na região.
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