In late 1944, Himmler was made an army commander and in January 1945 launched his first military campaign in the West against the US & French armies in Alsace. This is the forgotten story of Operation Sonnenwende or Winter Solstice.

For my detailed video on the Battle of Herrlisheim click here:    • 2 SS Panthers vs. 21 US Shermans  

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Sources:
United States Army in World War II - European Theater of Operations, Riviera to the Rhine, Jeffrey J. Clarke & Robert Ross Smith, (OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, WASHINGTON, D.C., 1993)
Operation Nordwind 1945, Steven J. Zaloga, (Osprey: 2010)

Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv