The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944

The Lorraine Campaign: An Overview, September-December 1944 originated at the U.S. Army
Command and General Staff College as an introductory lesson to a course on corps operations. It
is an adaptation of a narrated slide presentation used ta provide students with a historical context
on which, to base their studies of current doctrine. The Lorraine Campaign, which included failures
as well as successes, was chosen because it encompassed a variety of operations that involved
such factors as logistics, intelligence, and weather.
This overview serves as a paint of departure for more in-depth studies, sets the stage for the
analysis of unit operations from platoon to corps, and furnishes a useful reference for studying
branch operations in battle. Repeated reference to this overview will give students an insight into
specific operations or single branch actions,
This study also provides a concise summary of Third Army operations in one of the World War II
European campaigns.