| Details | From September to December 1944, American forces clashed with German troops in Hürtgen Forest, a densely wooded region just across the Belgian border. Initially aimed at blocking German reinforcements from moving north against the Allied advance, the battle turned into a grueling 88-day struggle. Historian Christopher Hamner explores the nature of the combat in America’s longest battle, with special attention to its strategic place in the broader offensive against the German Siegfried Line and the psychiatric strains experienced by soldiers over nearly three months of fighting. |
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