The 7th Army is about ready to break through the Vosges and head for Strasbourg and the Rhine, but when Devers asks for permission to cross, he will be denied. In fact, there will be a very uncomfortable scene at Devers’ HQ when Bradley and Patton show up with Ike for the purpose of poaching some of Devers’ units.
We have friends in Kingersheim north of Mulhouse; just west of the Rhine. The grandfather is still alive. When he was a kid the Germans had taken the land between the Voges and the Rhine. The schools were taught in German. At home they spoke French. The kids developed a hybrid language Alsacienne.
Apparently the language is dying out with the generation.
This land has been argued about for centuries. I love the region and the people and cuisine are great.