Liberation of Strasbourg
| Liberation of Strasbourg | |||||||
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| Part of the liberation of France | |||||||
French Sherman tanks parading on Place Kléber | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| France | Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Philippe Leclerc | Franz Vaterrodt (POW) | ||||||
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The liberation of Strasbourg took place on 23 November 1944 during the Alsace campaign (November 1944 – March 1945) in the last months of World War II. After the liberation of Mulhouse on 21 November 1944 by the 1st Armored Division, General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and the 2nd Armored Division entered the city of Strasbourg in France after having liberated Sarrebourg and La Petite-Pierre from Nazi Germany, clearing the way for the advance on Strasbourg.