 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa22 November, Haislip akapa Leclerc mvumo yokupfuurira kuStrasbourg. Leclerc akashamisa vaGermany kupfurikidza nokufambira mberi mumigwagwa yenyika nemigwagwa kuti vadzivise kudzivirira kwavo. Strasbourg yakasvika pana 25 November, uye masikati iwayo Tricolor yakabhururuka pamusoro peStrasbourg Cathedral. Kurwisa kweGermany muArdennesmuna December uye muAlsace muna January zvakaita kuti Eisenhower afunge kusiya Strasbourg, asi kushorwa kwakasimba kwepfungwa yacho nevaFrance kwakaita kuti adzokere shure. Somugumisiro, 2e DB yakatumirwa kumurayiro waDe Lattre kuti ibatsire mukuderedza kweColmar Pocket. 