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A Dark And Bloody Ground

Titel:
A Dark And Bloody Ground
Subtitel:
The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1941-1945
ISBN10:
1585442585
ISBN13:
9781585442584
Schrijver:
Miller, Edward G.
Aantal pagina's:
272
Uitgever:
Texas A&M University Press
Jaar van uitgifte:
2003
Beschrijving:
This work examines the ominous prelude to the Battle of the Bulge and reveals one of the US Army's bloodiest nightmares of World War II. In late 1944, the American army had pushed through Belgium almost unopposed. As small units advanced into the hilly woods south-east of Aachen, Germany, they encountered a forest bristling with German troops. The face-off took place in some of Germany's most rugged territory and in rain, sleet and freezing temperatures. For weeks US commanders ordered units of as many as seven divisions into the woods to be chewed up by German infantry and artillery. The book's description of the battle is based on government records, a large selection of first-hand accounts from veterans of both sides, and the author's visits to the battlefields.

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Minick, John Wilson* June 14th, 1908
† November 21st, 1944
Plot: F Grave: 304