What the records say
- When
- 26 Dec 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.50° N, 6.33° E
- Description
- 1944 engagement prior to the battle of the Bulge
- War
- World War II
Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads
Engagement prior to the Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads was fought, beginning one day prior to the start of the Battle of the Bulge, at a vital three-way junction near a forester's cabin and former border post named Wahlerscheid, astride the Siegfried Line (Westwall). The road ran along the Höfen-Alzen and Dreiborn ridges, about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north of Krinkelt-Rocherath, Belgium. In early December 1944, the U.S.
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