Colmar Pocket

30th Inf. Regt., 3rd Div.

Monument in de Vredestuin bij Jebsheim, Elzas, Frankrijk

Company D, 83rd Chemical Bn, in Zellenberg. targeting Germans in nearby Mittelwihr with their 4.2 inch mortars, SC 197578.

General notes: According to Gaujac, P., La réduction de la poche de Colmar, janvier-février 1945 (in French), Armes Militaria magazine, No. 141 (1997), p. 31, the Moroccans are from the 1st Tirailleurs Regiment while the American may belong to the 999th Field Artillery Battalion.

German prisoners taken in drive south of Colmar carry a wounded American with them as they are marched out of the battle area, 4 February, 1945. The American soldier is Pvt. Charles P. Deathrage, 225 Madison St., Jefferson, Mo.; Unit censored, U.S. National Archives

German prisoners taken in drive south of Colmar carry a wounded American with them as they are marched out of the battle area, 4 February, 1945. The American soldier is Pvt. Charles P. Deathrage, 225 Madison St., Jefferson, Mo.; Unit censored, U.S. National Archives

Map of the Colmar Pocket. W. B. Wilson 22:31, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Source for image is http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/ardennes/aral.htm (U.S. Army publication in the public domain) W. B. Wilson 02:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Carri armati e truppe francesi durante la battaglia di Colmar nel febbraio 1945

Soultz est libéré le 4 février 1945

Combats de la Libération de l’Alsace à Ostheim, janvier 1945.

René de Salins

A light tank of the 12th Armored Division in Rouffach, III-SC 200083.S

3rd Infantry Division.

Five men of an infantry squad clean up, write letters, and relax at a command post in the Neuf Brisach area, France. During the night, the full squad occupies a position along the river, and during the day, half of each squad comes in for a rest. This dugout was constructed by the Germans. 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.