Liberation of Strasbourg

Liberation of Strasbourg
Part of the liberation of France
French Sherman tanks parading on Place Kléber
Date 23 November 1944 Location Strasbourg, France 48°35′00″N 7°44′45″E / 48.5833°N 7.7458°E / 48.5833; 7.7458 Result French victory
Belligerents
France	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Philippe Leclerc	Franz Vaterrodt (POW)

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,^[1] 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.