10-025 Garand Picture of the Day - Colmar pocket

[Mark in Rochester]

Two smiling French soldiers fill the hands of American soldiers with candy, in Rouffach, France, after the closing of the Colmar pocket." February 5, 1945. Todd. 111-SC-199861-S.



Located in Alsace in eastern France, the Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; (German: Brückenkopf Elsaß) was the site of a three-week operation during the Second World War, between 20 January and 9 February 1945, where the French First Army and the U.S. XXI Corps overwhelmed German Nineteenth Army resistance in bitter, extremely cold winter fighting over terrain that offered practically no cover for attacking forces.

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