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In the bitter, desperate fighting of Operation Nordwind, the VI Corps suffered a total of 14,716 casualties. The total casualties for the U.S. 7th Army as a whole is unclear, but it included approximately 3,000 killed, 9,000 wounded, and 17,000 sick and injured
Operation Nordwind, although costly for both sides, was ultimately unsuccessful in its goals. The failure of the offensive allowed the U.S. 7th Army to contain the German push towards Strasbourg, and the offensive's gains were erased by the later Operation Undertone.
In February, with the assistance of the U.S. XXI Corps, the French 1st Army collapsed the Colmar Pocket and completely cleared the west bank of the Rhine River of German forces in the area south of Strasbourg.
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