Lorraine Campaign

names for this period and location are "Northern France" and "Rhineland". The term was popularized by the publication of a volume of the same name by the U.S. Army in 1950. As written by the volume's author:

Precise military terminology has been employed, except in those cases where clarity and economy of style have dictated usage of a more general nature. Thus, the Third Army operations in Lorraine are considered to be a "campaign" in the general sense of the term, despite the fact that the Department of the Army does not award a separate campaign star for these operations. [Cole, p. xiii.]

Although the term "Lorraine Campaign" is unofficial, it represents a more traditional use of the term "campaign" in that the battles described by the term were part of a larger operation that had a set goal. By contrast, the official U.S. Army campaign names refer to what were actually multiple campaigns and large military organizations with diverse goals.

Operationally, the term encompasses the assaults across the Moselle and Sauer Rivers, the battles of Metz and Nancy, and the push to the German frontier at the onset of December 1944.

ee also

* [http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/lorraine/lorraine-content.html "The Lorraine Campaign" online]
* [http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/norfran/norfran.htm U.S. Army brochure on the Northern France Campaign]
* [http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/rhineland/rhineland.htm U.S. Army brochure on the Rhineland Campaign]

Article sources

* The Lorraine Campaign, Hugh M. Cole, Washington: Center of Military History, 1950.

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