Battle of the Hürtgen Forest

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The Battle of the Hürtgen Forest was a prolonged and brutal World War II campaign fought between U.S. and German forces in dense woodland near the German-Belgian border, noted for its heavy casualties and limited strategic gains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schlacht im Hürtgenwald ⓘ
belligerent Nazi Germany ⓘ
United States ⓘ
casualties significant German casualties ⓘ
tens of thousands of U.S. casualties ⓘ
characteristic dense forest terrain ⓘ
harsh weather conditions ⓘ
heavy casualties ⓘ
limited strategic gains ⓘ
prolonged fighting ⓘ
combatant German Army ⓘ
U.S. Army ⓘ
linked to: United States Army
commanders Courtney Hodges ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt ⓘ
Omar Bradley ⓘ
Walter Model ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
endDate 1945-02-10 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
front Allied Western Front ⓘ
linked to: Western Front
involvesUnit German 275th Infantry Division ⓘ
German 353rd Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 28th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 4th Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 9th Infantry Division ⓘ
location Germany ⓘ
Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
near German-Belgian border ⓘ
notableFor high ratio of casualties to territorial gain ⓘ
one of the longest battles fought on German soil in World War II ⓘ
objective to capture dams on the Roer River ⓘ
to protect the right flank of U.S. forces advancing toward the Rhine ⓘ
to secure the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
partOf Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine ⓘ
Siegfried Line campaign ⓘ
linked to: Rhineland campaign

Western Front of World War II ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Aachen ⓘ
result Allied tactical victory considered pyrrhic ⓘ
German defensive success in delaying U.S. advance ⓘ
startDate 1944-09-19 ⓘ
strategicContext defense of the Siegfried Line ⓘ
protection of Roer River dams ⓘ
terrain fortified positions ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
wooded hills ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ

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U.S. 3rd Armored Division → notableBattle → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
U.S. 9th Infantry Division → participatedIn → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
Crossing of the Roer River → precededBy → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
8th Infantry Division (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
Windhund Division → tookPartIn → Battle of Hürtgen Forest ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
Western Front of World War II → includesEvent → Battle of the Hurtgen Forest ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest
U.S. 83rd Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of the Hürtgen Forest ⓘ