World War II: United States Army troops capture Kassel.

Battle of Kassel (1945)

Battle in the Western Front of World War II

The Battle of Kassel was a four-day struggle between the U.S. Army and the German Army in April 1945 for Kassel, a medium-sized city 140 kilometers northeast of Frankfurt am Main, which also is the second-largest city in Hesse. The battle resulted as the U.S. Third Army pushed…