In Ardennes: 1944, Antony Beevor states that the Battle for Strasbourg was one of the more "inglorious episodes" in German military history: with a collapse of the Wehrmacht, defeat was both premature and ignominious.

According to one general defending the town, soldiers ordered to 'fight to the last round' tended to throw away most of their ammunition before the battle so they could claim that they ran out and then surrender.

The Alsatian-born Chief Magistrate also fled towards Germany on foot with a backpack--as he had signed many death warrants and collaborated within the German occupation system and was therefore a marked man.

While fuel shortages and the increasing difficulty of supporting armies with lengthening supply lines played a role, General Dwight D. Eisenhower's lack of interest in his southern flank largely doomed any further exploitation of the situation around Strasbourg.

The commander of the American 6th Army Group, General Jacob L. Devers, believed he could cross the Rhine quickly at Rastatt, thereby seizing a bridgehead.

In early January 1945, the German counteroffensive into France known as Operation Nordwind was quickly contained, but not before both Eisenhower and Devers considered a general withdrawal from Alsace, which would have left Strasbourg undefended.

[4]The talk of a strategic withdrawal was also a blow to morale of the American VI Corps that had fought hard and suffered many casualties securing the area.

[3] The Liberation of Strasbourg is commemorated throughout Alsace for its role in the Allies' advance across France toward Germany in 1944[5] Memorials include the Museum of the Surrender, the Memorial-Museum of the Colmar Pocket, and MM Park.

After the victory in the battle of Kufra, General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque and his troops swore an oath to fight until "our flag flies over the Cathedral of Strasbourg.