![Soldiers of the U.S. 75th Infantry Division tramp through the snow in the Colmar Pocket sector in the Alsace region. The pocket, which consisted of 850 square miles on the west side of the Rhine River, was the last piece of German-held territory on French soil.](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/M-Win23-Colmar-1-760x614.jpg)
Winter 2023
Military Heritage
Destruction Of The Colmar Pocket
By Christopher Miskimon
On January 25, 1945, every officer in Company B of the 15th Infantry Regiment of the American 3rd Infantry Division became a casualty in the fight for the “Colmar Pocket” except Lieutenant Audie Murphy. Read more