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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a series of battles fought from September 1944 to February 1945 in the dense Hürtgen Forest near the German border. It involved multiple American divisions attempting to take the forest from entrenched German troops, despite the forest providing little military value. The difficult terrain negated American advantages and resulted in over 24,000 American casualties, many from disease and exposure rather than combat. Ultimately, the battle was a costly victory for the Germans
- Author
- Todd Pierce
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- EN