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Aug 4, 2021 · The Battle of Hürtgen Forest for Hill 400 is often overlooked due to its proximity to the Battle of the Bulge. A German stronghold, it provided an observation point overlooking the Roer River Valley, as well as an open view of Allied movements in the area.
On 6 December, the Rangers moved on Bergstein and subsequently took the strategic position of Hill 400 from defending troops from 980th Grenadier Regiment of the 272nd Volksgrenadier Division. Shortly thereafter, on 12 December, the towns of Gey and Strass were taken by American Forces.
The U.S. Army would not seize Hill 400 again until February 1945. An American soldier surveys the landscape of the Hürtgen Forest near the Roer River through a pair of binoculars. The height of Hill 400 gave its American defenders a panoramic view of the river and the surrounding countryside.
In this video, we visit the site of Hill 400, a strategic high ground that saw fierce fighting between American and German forces in late 1944. This battle was part of the larger Hürtgen Forest...
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Nov 16, 2022 · General Eisenhower and his commanders have called in the battle-scarred 2nd Ranger Battalion. As the wintry sun rises that morning, the men of Dog and Fox Companies are poised at the edge of the field leading to the base of the hill, waiting out dueling artillery bombardments until they can attack.
Aug 24, 2021 · Hill 400 dominates the area and is at the end of the Brandenberg–Bergstein ridge, next to the Rur valley. This 400 meters high hill was captured after heavy fighting and great losses by the...
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The Battle of the Hürtgen Forest was fought in a 50-square-mile, triangle-shaped area bounded by the towns of Aachen, Duren, and Monschau. The dense woods negated the advantages the Americans enjoyed in mobility, firepower, and technology when fighting in open terrain.
