Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads

Quand

26 déc. 1944

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

50.50° N, 6.33° E

Description

1944 engagement prior to the battle of the Bulge

War

World War II

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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