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Battle of Aschaffenburg

Battle of Aschaffenburg was a battle fought in 1945 at Aschaffenburg, in what is now Germany. It was part of World War II, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: American victory.

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Fought1945
WhereAschaffenburg, Germany49.976N, 9.142E
OutcomeAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstGermany
Casualties and losses3,000 KIA, WIA, MIA; 20+ tanks destroyedand1,620 KIA, WIA, MIA; 3,500 POW
Part ofWorld War II1939 to 1945

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Offensive, 1944Battle of Monte Castello, 1944Battle of Broekhuizen, 1944Battle of Batina, 1944Dekemvriana, 1944Battle of Haalderen, 1944Operation Caesar, 1944Battle of the Bulge, 1944Operation Queen, 1944Battle of Kesternich, 1944Bombing of Siegen in World War II, 1944Operation Stösser, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Bloody Sunday, 1944Battle of Clervaux, 1944Siege of Bastogne, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Siege of Budapest, 1944Elsenborn Ridge, 1944Battle of Garfagnana, 1944Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads, 1944Operation Nordwind, 1944Operation Bodenplatte, 1945Final operations in Slovenia, 1945Battle of Bautzen, 19451945 Bombing of Prague, 1945Battle of Kolberg, 1945Battle of Groningen, 1945Mostar Operation, 1945Siege of Danzig, 1945Battles for Wilhelmshaven, 1945Battle of Aschaffenburg, 1945Action of 28 January 1945, 1945Battle of Bydgoszcz, 1945Battle of Mława, 1945Air Raids on Paderborn, 1945Battle of Mortirolo, 1945Battle of Bure, 1945Operation Solstice (Alsace), 1945Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1945East Prussian Offensive, 1945World War II destructions in Magdeburg, 1945Liberation of Warsaw, 1945Operation Konrad III, 1945Battle of Tarnova, 1945Liberation of Łódź, 1945Battle of Koło, 1945Battle of Opole, 1945Battle of Jebsheim, 1945Siege of Breslau, 1945Battle of Poznań, 1945Heiligenbeil Pocket, 1945Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, 1945Operation Blackhawk, 1945Battle of Żory (1945), 1945Battle of Kosmach, 1945Operation Solstice, 1945Operation Veritable, 1945Colmar Pocket, 1945Black Friday, 1945East Pomeranian Offensive, 1945Siege of Glogau, 1945Bombing of Dresden, 1945Operation Encore, 1945Battle of Riva Ridge, 1945Bombing of Salzwedel in World War II, 1945Luftangriff auf Wallhausen, 1945Operation Grenade, 1945Bombing of Pforzheim in World War II, 1945Lower Silesian Offensive, 1945Operation Blockbuster, 1945Operation Plunder, 1945Battle of Schoenfeld, 1945Bombing of the Bezuidenhout, 1945Battle of the Transdanubian Hills, 1945Battle of Remagen, 1945Operation Lumberjack, 1945Bombing of Ljubljana in World War II, 1945Moravia–Ostrava offensive, 1945bombing of Swinemünde, 1945Battle of Prudnik, 1945Battle of the Ligurian Sea, 1945Lika-Primorje operation, 1945Operation Carthage, 1945Operation Bowler, 1945Air raid on Neckargerach, 1945Battle of Zhovkva, 1945Bombing of České Budějovice in World War II, 1945Operation Varsity, 194525th March 1945 Bombing of Prague, 1945Battle of Frankfurt, 1945The Long Fight, 1945Operation Sarajevo, 1945Battle of Lijevče Field, 1945Upper Silesian Offensive, 1945Battle of Würzburg, 1945Operation Teardrop, 1945Battle of the Oder–Neisse, 1945Operation Tombola, 1945Operation Herring, 1945Battle of the Argenta Gap, 1945Battle of Kassel, 1945Operation Roast, 1945Bombing of Turin in World War II, 1945Bombing of Bologna in World War II, 1945Battle of Ořechov, 1945Battle of Königshofen, 1945Battle of Heilbronn, 1945Battle of Königsberg, 1945Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, 1945Operation Amherst, 1945Battle of Bologna, 1945Battaglia del Senio, 1945Samland Offensive, 1945Battle of Mołomotkami, 1945Bombing of Potsdam, 1945Battle of Montese, 1945Operation Spring Awakening, 1945Battle of Berlin, 1945Battle of the Seelow Heights, 1945Battle of Nuremberg, 1945Battle of Gaiana, 1945Ruhr Pocket, 1945Battle of Hamburg, 1945Battle for Merkendorf, 1945Battle of Odžak, 1945Battle in Berlin, 1945Race to Berlin, 1945Battle of Halbe, 1945Bombing of Obersalzberg, 1945Bombing of Vallø, 1945Battle of Collecchio, 1945Battle of Radekhiv, 1945Battle of Haglebu, 1945Operation Cowboy, 1945Storming of the Reichstag, 1945Battle of Opicina, 1945Race for Trieste, 1945Battle of Castle Itter, 1945Bratislava-Brno Offensive, 1945Prague offensive, 1945Battle of Kuryłówka, 1945Battle of Břest, 1945Western Allied invasion of Germany, 1945Operation Doomsday, 1945Battle of Slivice, 1945Attack on the NKVD Camp in Rembertów, 1945Attack on Variazh, 1945Raid on Stanislav, 1945Attack on Werbkowice Railway Station, 1946Attack on Hrubieszów, 1946Operation B, 1947Battle of Partizánska Ľupča, 1947Battle of Nezbudská Lúčka, 1947Battle of Sushky, 1955Battle of the Bozhykiv Forest, 196019371960Battle of Aschaffenburg, 1945
1155 placed engagements of World War II in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1945 (year precision)
PlaceAschaffenburg, Germany
49.976N, 9.142E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Casualties and losses3,000 KIA, WIA, MIA; 20+ tanks destroyed1,620 KIA, WIA, MIA; 3,500 POW
Commanders
Battle of AschaffenburgBattle of AschaffenburgBattle of AschaffenburgBattle of DettingenBattle of HanauBattle of BergenBombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War IIBattle of BergenStuttgartCologneNürnbergMannheimSaarbrückenBonnWiesbadenKoblenz100 km49.976N, 9.142E
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Battle of Aschaffenburg is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 668 in present-day Germany.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q96373237, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Aschaffenburg (1945), revision 1375389624, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.