Battle of Aachen

When

2 Oct 1944 – 21 Oct 1944

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.78° N, 6.08° E

Description

1944 major conflict of World War II

War

World War II

Battle on the Western Front of World War II

The Battle of Aachen was a battle of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September and 21 October 1944. The city had been incorporated into the Siegfried Line, the main defensive network on Germany's western border; the Allies had hoped to capture it quickly and advance into the industrialized Ruhr basin.

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• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “la première armée américaine commandée par le général Hodges attaque les fortifications d’Aix-la-Chapelle”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• World War II1 Sep 1939 · World war · Deaths 75,000,000