Battle of Cologne (1945)

Battle of Cologne
	Part of Western Front and Western Allied Invasion of Germany of World War II
	; Cologne in April 1945
Date	5–7 March 1945
Location	Cologne, Germany
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States 104th Infantry Division 413th Infantry Regiment; 414th Infantry Regiment; 415th Infantry Regiment; ; 3rd Armored Division Combat Command A; Combat Command B; ; Elements of the 9th Armored Division;	Germany LXXXI Army Corps 9th Panzer Division; Elements of the 3rd Panzergrenadier Division; 363rd Volksgrenadier Division; Elements of the 11th Panzer Division; Volkssturm units; ;
Commanders and leaders
Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.	Harald Freiherr von Elverfeldt †
Strength
2 infantry divisions; Elements of 2 armored divisions; Up to tens of thousands of troops; 20 M26 Pershings;	40,000 troops or fewer (approximately) A few Panther tanks
Casualties and losses
20-50 killed; Several hundred Wounded; 8–12 M4 Shermans destroyed	~300–800+ killed; ~2,000–5,000 Captured; 5–10 Tanks destroyed

The Battle of Cologne was part of Operation Lumberjack and refers to the Allied advance that took place from 5 to 7 March 1945, which led to the capture of the western German city of Cologne.