Siegfried Line campaign

Siegfried Line campaign
	Part of the Western Front of World War II
	; U.S. Army troops cross the Siegfried Line.
Date	15 September 1944 – 15 December 1944
Location	Along and around the Siegfried Line (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Germany)
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
Allies; United States; United Kingdom; France; Canada; Poland; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Netherlands; Norway;	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Dwight D. Eisenhower (SHAEF); Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group); Omar Bradley (12th Army Group);	Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West); Walter Model (Army Group B);
Strength
4,500,000 (91 divisions)	1,500,000
Casualties and losses
American:; 240,082 casualties; (50,410 killed; 172,450 wounded; 24,374 captured or missing); (15 September 1944 – 21 March 1945); British:; 32,366; French:; 15,390–17,390; Canadian:; 15,000; Total: 272,448+ casualties ;	40,000+ killed; 80,000 wounded; 280,000+ captured; Total:; 400,000+ casualties;

The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved actions near the German defensive Siegfried Line.

This phase spanned from the end of the Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord and the pursuit across northern France, which ended on 15 September 1944, and concluded with the opening of the German Ardennes counteroffensive, better known as the Battle of the Bulge.

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