What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1944 – 10 Feb 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.71° N, 6.36° E
- Description
- 1944 series of battles fought between US and German forces during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest of Germany
- War
- World War II
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
Series of battles during World War II
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest was a series of battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944, between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II, in the Hürtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 mi2) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. Lasting 88 days, it was the longest battle on German ground during World War II and it is the second longest single battle the U.S.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die Schlacht im Hürtgenwald beginnt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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