bigpigeon.us webpage WWII - Germany > ETO > Siegfried Line - 1945 > XX Corps to Trier, updated by RAC 11 Jul 2022.
In late February 1945, XX Corps crossed the Saar River, penetrated the Siegfried Line, occupied Trier, and seized bridges across the Moselle River.
Part 1 - Clearing the Saar-Moselle Triangle
The Saar-Moselle Triangle, the region in Germany between the Saar and Moselle Rivers in the extreme southwestern Rhineland-Palatinate, is shown on the accompanying map. A timeline follows.
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Part 2 - Crossing the Saar River and advancing to Zerf
A timeline:
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Part 3 - Capture of Trier
As shown on the right-hand side of the accompanying map, all three of the 10th Armored Division's combat commands headed north from the Niederzerf area on 27 February. On 1 March, two of the commands captured Trier and a bridge from Trier across the Moselle River to the north.
During the next two weeks, the 94th Infantry Division established screening positions in the area, some of which were subject to nighttime infiltration. |
.Sources for the WWII Siegfried Line - 1945 > XX Corps to Trier webpage:
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - Siegfried Line - 1945 > XX Corps to Trier:
† Barrett, Henry Joseph Jr., SN 37-699-275, US Army, Pott. Co.
- The Last Offensive, Chapter VII, The Saar-Moselle Triangle (the United States Army in World War II, European Theater of Operations series, Charles B. MacDonald, 1973) - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Last/USA-E-Last-7.html.
- Clearing the Saar-Moselle Triangle -
- The Advance to Zerf -
- The Capture of Trier - 1 March 1945 - Map #V from The Last Offensive - https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Last/maps/USA-E-Last-V.jpg.
Pottawattamie Area WW II Dead - Siegfried Line - 1945 > XX Corps to Trier:
- Taken from the bigpigeon.us WWII Roster module.
† Barrett, Henry Joseph Jr., SN 37-699-275, US Army, Pott. Co.
- Co. I, 301st Inf. Regt., 94th Inf. Div., XX Corps, Third Army; KIA 6 Mar 1945 near Zerf, S of Trier, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany; Siegfried Line - 1945 > XX Corps to Trier.