Talk:Operation Northwind (1944)

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Nordwind was the last major German offensive of the war, not just the Western Front. (See p. 495 of Riviera to the Rhine by Clark and Smith; "These attacks would begin the last major German offensive of the European War."

Operation Nordwind

A source was cited which establishes that Operation Nordwind was the last major German offensive of the war. The same source "Riviera to the Rhine" makes it clear that the Battle of the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge)was separate and distinct from the Battle of Alsace (Nordwind) so it is incorrect to place it within the chronology of the former. I also point out that the work of V.P. Charles von Luttichau supports "Riviera to the Rhine" as well as the Operational Histories of Seventh Army and 6th Army Group. Finally, "Riviera to the Rhine" is the official US Army history for Seventh Army, and is part of the US Army in WWII series. It was co-authored by the Chief Historian of the Army, Dr. Jeffrey Clarke. 14thArmored 2030 Hours 16 November 2006

Superficial article

Call me Mr. Overbearing, but I think the article needs improvement. I may well translate the German Aticle into English, subsituting this one.Antisyntagmatarchos (talk) 20:17, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Conflict between text & reference

At the moment number of US casualties is claimed to be 29,000. Source "Riviera to the Rhine" says 14,000 in page 527, which is cited here. In footnote there are several figures, like "Seventh Army hospitals processing about 9,000 wounded and 17,000 "sick and injured"" but also speculations about many of them returning to their units after treatment, which doesn't really make them casualties. Also, there is only one number given concerning killed US soldiers, and it's 773, not 3,000 as claimed here. The same problem is in German article too. Where does this 3000 come from? Riviera to the Rhine, chapter 28 Ukas (talk) 00:26, 7 February (edit: fixed link)

Casualty figures were revised to reflect the above cited reference "Riviera to the Rhine" published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. NotaBene 鹰百利 ^Talk 18:36, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Is this the BoB?

Is this simply the German name for the Battle of the Bulge? It seems to be. Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:51, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

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Revert of Sourced American Casuaties.

Please give a explanation why you reverted a number ratified by 5 diferent, independent sources, regarding American Losses.Mr.User200 (talk) 13:53, 28 August 2018 (UTC)

They're tertiary sources of dubious quality and, I suspect, at least some of them got their info from the old unsourced version of this page. The article I linked not only represents the "official" Army literature on this battle from the Center of Military History but also provides a more detailed breakdown of the casualties; another, perhaps even better source would be Jeffrey J. Clarke's "Riviera to the Rhine" which specifically covers the US Seventh Army during its campaign in Europe. It describes the losses as follows:

"As elsewhere, casualty figures are only rough estimates, and the figures presented are based on the postwar "Seventh Army Operational Report, Alsace Campaign and Battle Participation, 1 June 1945" (copy CMH), which notes 11,609 Seventh Army battle casualties for the period, plus 2,836 cases of trench foot and 380 cases of frostbite, and estimates about 17,000 Germans killed or wounded with 5,985 processed prisoners of war. But the VI Corps AAR for January 1945 puts its total losses at 14,716 (773 killed, 4,838 wounded, 3,657 missing, and 5,448 nonbattle casualties); and Albert E. Cowdrey and Graham A. Cosmas, "The Medical Department: The War Against Germany," draft CMH MS (1988), pp. 54-55, a forthcoming volume in the United States Army in World War II series, reports Seventh Army hospitals processing about 9,000 wounded and 17,000 "sick and injured" during the period. Many of these, however, may have been returned to their units, and others may have come from American units operating in the Colmar area but still supported by Seventh Army medical services. Von Luttichau's "German Operations," ch. 29, pp. 39-40, puts German losses at 22,932."

The Pittsburgher (talk) 18:44, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Proper name

Maybe the article should be renamed to Operation Northwind (1944) like the one for the 1941 operation. Any opinions? Ентусиастъ (talk) 11:23, 1 January 2021 (UTC)