Battle of Hürtgen Forest
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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
Troops of the 28th Infantry Division advancing through the dense woodland of the Hürtgen Forest, November 2, 1944
Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, moving through difficult terrain and trees broken by artillery. Hürtgen Forest, southwest of Düren, 18 November, 1944.
Artillery-damaged trees in the Hürtgen Forest
An American Jeep moving through a sea of mud in the Hürtgen Forest
Walter Model
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Otto Moritz Walter Model was a German Generalfeldmarschall during World War II. Although he was a hard-driving, aggressive panzer commander early in the war, Model became best known as a practitioner
Battle of Hürtgen Forest
…village of Schmidt and clear Monschau. In a second phase the Allies wanted to advance to the Rur River as part of Operation Queen. Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model intended to bring the Allied thrust to a standstill. While he interfered less in the day-to-day movements of units than at the Battle of Arnhem, he…
Model, c. 1942/43
Model (centre) on the Eastern Front, July 1941
Model with the overall commander of the 2nd Panzer Army and his direct superior, Heinz Guderian, in 1941
German armoured vehicles during Operation Citadel, summer 1943