Battle of Paderborn | |||||||
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Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3 Combat Commands | 60 tanks | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
17 M4 tanks destroyed 1 M-36 destroyed 17 half-tracks destroyed | 3 Tiger II tanks destroyed |
The Battle of Paderborn occurred during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Most notably the commander of the 3rd Armored Division Major General Maurice Rose was killed in an ambush outside of Paderborn on March 30. He was the highest ranking US General to be killed in action on the Western Front of World War II.[1]