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Uttenweiler, Germany 1945-03-15 (6 others)

Overview:

OPERATION UNDERTONE called for a total of three corps to attack abreast from Saarbrücken, Germany, along a 47-mile long sector to a point southeast of Hagenau, France. The plan met with considerable success, as most of the German opposition either took the opportunity to surrender or retreat. The only German response of any real consequence befell a battalion of the US 7th Infantry Regiment. Veterans of combat from the North African campaign onward, regiments of the 3rd were leading the main advance, at the center of XV Corps in the direction of Zweibrücken and the Kaiserslautern corridor, when a company of supporting tanks ran into a dense minefield, disabling four of them and bringing the remaining armor to a temporary halt. Despite this setback, a battalion of the 7th Infantry fought its way into the village of Uttenweiler, just across the German frontier. Just as the American force declared the town under control, an infantry battalion of the 17. SS Panzergrenadierdivision struck back, with assault guns leading the charge.

Defender: American (7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division)  

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