Battle of Nuremberg (1945)

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Battle of Nuremberg
Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front
American soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Division walk through a devastated Nuremberg.
Date 16–20 April 1945 Location Nuremberg, Germany Result American victory
Belligerents
United States	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Wade H. Haislip John W. O'Daniel Robert T. Frederick	Karl Holz †[1] Richard Wolf [de] Willy Liebel [de] †
Units involved
XV Corps 3rd Infantry Div. 45th Infantry Div.	Remnants and militia from: 17th SS Tank-Grenadier Div. 21st Luftwaffe Div. [de] Volkssturm RAD Hitlerjugend ROA
Strength
45,000 troops[2]	2 divisions (est. 20,000–50,000) 2 regiments (est. 2,000–11,000) ROA troops (est. 18,000) Several ad hoc units of Luftwaffe (est. 2,000)[2] and Volkssturm[3]

The Battle of Nuremberg was a five-day battle between the forces of the United States 7th Army on one side, and Nazi Germany and Russian Liberation Army volunteers on the other during the last days of World War II. The battle saw some of the fiercest urban combat during the war and it took four days for the United States to capture the city. The battle was a blow to Nazi Germany as Nuremberg was a center of the Nazi regime. The Nuremberg Rallies took place in the city and to lose the city to the Americans took a heavy toll on already low German morale.^[1] Even though American forces heavily outnumbered the German forces,^[2] it wasn't until 20 April, that the 7th Army took the city center. The battle devastated the city.