Operation Blücher refers to several German army operations named after Prussian Field Marshal
Blücher:
* Operation Blücher, a World War I alternative plan to
Heilger Michael. It called for an attack on Allied forces near the Aisne River, scheduled for spring 1918. It is also known as
Third Battle of the Aisne
The Third Battle of the Aisne (french: 3e Bataille de l'Aisne) was a battle of the German spring offensive during World War I that focused on capturing the Chemin des Dames Ridge before the American Expeditionary Forces arrived completely in ...
- see
German spring offensive.
* Operation Blücher, a World War II attack from the Crimean Peninsula across the Kerch Straits into the Caucasus, as part of
Operation Blau
Case Blue (German: ''Fall Blau'') was the German Armed Forces' plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II. The objective was to capture the oil fields of the Cauca ...
. It was executed in a much smaller-than-planned form on 2 September 1942.
* Operation Blücher, the last German offensive operation in France during World War II, during the
Siege of Dunkirk. German forces pushed the front back about 15 km before digging in and holding. Fighting continued until 4 May 1945,
and the lines were held until 9 May 1945.
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