Aiming to recapture Strasbourg , they attacked the 6th Army Group at multiple points .
The Germans launched a second , smaller offensive ( Nordwind ) into Alsace on 1 January 1945 .
Aiming to recapture Strasbourg , Germans attacked the 6th Army Group at multiple points .
The Germans launched a second , smaller offensive ( Nordwind ) into Alsace on 1 January 1945 .