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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge

Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was a battle fought in 1944 at Belgium. It was part of the Western Front, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: German victory.

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Camouflaged Pillbox in the forest serves as a regimental command post.
Camouflaged Pillbox in the forest serves as a regimental command post.. U.S. Army Center for Military History, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1944
WhereBelgium50.359N, 6.329E
OutcomeGerman victory
BelligerentsGermanyagainstUnited States
Part ofWestern Front1939 to 1945

Where it sits in the Western Front

Siege of Fort Hegra, 1940Battle of France, 1940German invasion of Belgium, 1940Battle of Maastricht, 1940Battle of Sedan, 1940Battle of Boulogne, 1940Battle of Dunkirk, 1940Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940Siege of Lille, 1940Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche, 1940Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944Operation Madelaine, 1944Battle of Moerbrugge, 1944Siege of Dunkirk, 1944Battle of Metz, 1944Battle of Opheusden, 1944Battle of Vianden, 1944Battle of Broekhuizen, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Battle of Clervaux, 1944Siege of Bastogne, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Operation Nordwind, 1944Operation Bodenplatte, 1945Battle of Bure, 1945Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, 1945Operation Blockbuster, 1945Battle of Würzburg, 1945Ruhr Pocket, 1945Battle of Hamburg, 194519401945Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944
31 placed engagements of the Western Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1944 (year precision)
to 17 December 1944
PlaceBelgium
50.359N, 6.329E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Strength1st SS Panzer Division; 1st Battalion, 9th Fallschirmjäger Regiment, 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division (500 men); 27th Fusilier Regiment, 12th Volksgrenadier Division (50 men)Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon, 394th Regiment, 99th Infantry Division (18 men); Forward Observation Team, Battery C, 371st Field Artillery (4 men)
Casualties and losses10–40 killed; 63 wounded; 13 missing; 96 casualties1 killed; 21 captured (14 of which were also wounded); 22 casualties
Commanders
  • Walter E. Lauer
  • Lyle Bouck
Battle of Lanzerath RidgeBattle of Lanzerath RidgeLosheim GapElsenborn RidgeBattle of Heartbreak CrossroadsBattle of St. VithBattle of KesternichLosheim GapBattle of KesternichFrankfurtBrusselsCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgMannheimDüsseldorfSaarbrücken100 km50.359N, 6.329E
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 243 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871535, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, revision 1371764865, 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.