Battle of Dompaire

Battle of Dompaire
	Part of World War II
	; Panther tank knocked out in the village of Madonne-et-Lamerey during the battle
Date	12–13 September 1944
Location	vicinity of Dompaire, France48°13′21″N 6°13′23″E
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
France; United States	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Paul de Langlade	Horst von Usedom; Hans von Luck
Strength
Groupement Langlade 60–80 tanks; 406th Fighter-Bomber Group	112th Panzerbrigade 96 tanks;
Casualties and losses
44 killed; 7 tanks destroyed; 1 fighter bomber	350 killed; 1,000 wounded; 69 tanks destroyed

The Battle of Dompaire was fought between French and German armoured forces near the town of Dompaire in France. It took place between 12 and 14 September 1944 during the Lorraine campaign on the Western Front of World War II. The battle saw a new German Panzer brigade hastily set up by the Wehrmacht to stop the Allied advance after the collapse of the Normandy front, and a unit of the French 2nd Armoured Division under General Philippe Leclerc.

The inexperienced 112 Panzer Brigade suffered from a series of ambushes by French armoured units with American air support. The French tank crews and US fighter bombers combined destroyed much of the German brigade with few casualties in return. The Germans were forced to fall back which delayed a planned counter-offensive in Lorraine.

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