battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Kassel
Battle of Kassel was a battle fought on 1 April 1945 at Kassel, in what is now Germany; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany. The recorded result: American victory.
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Where it sits in the Western Allied invasion of Germany
Record
| Date | 1 April 1945 to 4 April 1945 | |
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| Place | Kassel, Germany 51.289N, 9.432E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 6,000 | |
| Casualties and losses | 12 Tanks Destroyers destroyed | 50+ killed; 5,400+ captured; 2 Tiger II Destroyed; 1 Tiger II damaged |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Cassel 1762, 5.4 km NE
- Siege of Cassel 1761, 5.7 km NE
- Battle of Lutterberg 1758, 13 km NE
- Battle of Lutterberg 1762, 13 km NE
- Battle of Wilhelmsthal 1762, 14 km N
Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1761 and 1945.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Frankfurt 1945
- After: Battle of Nuremberg 16 April 1945
- All 5 engagements of Western Allied invasion of Germany
Elsewhere in 1945
- Battle of Berlin Germany
- Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
- Battle of Okinawa Japan
- Operation Ten-Go
- Battle of Castle Itter Austria
Battle of Kassel is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 538 in present-day Germany.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q245743, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Kassel (1945), revision 1370444910, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.