What is the German word for "hotly fought [for]"?

[Panzerspitze]

I keep hearing for example "Auf einer Pontonbrücke wird der ??? Fluss in Richtung Stalingrad überschütten" (Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 627) and "Der ??? Leuchtturm" (Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 621). It sounds like "heissungkämpfte" but I can't find any word close to it. What is the correct spelling?

[Kristian S.]

Heiß umkämpft or alternatively: heißumkämpft
http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/heisz_umkaempft

[Panzerspitze]

Thanks!

[Panzerspitze]

Is there another similar word that sounds like "zehnkampf" or "sehenkampf" that means something similar? I keep hearing it in Die Deutsche Wochenschau...

[Knouterer]

"Schwer umkämpft" probably.

[Steve E]

Perhaps "Zäher Kampf"= tough fight.

"Der heißumkämpfte Leuchtturm".

"Auf einer Pontonbrücke wird der ??? Fluss in Richtung Stalingrad überschritten"

[Panzerspitze]

Offhand, here's a short clip that seems to contain that word. Now it sounds like "einsehenkampf" (?). Or maybe it does not contain that word at all.


Here's a certain instance around the 9m18s mark, shortly after the flamethrower scene:

[GregSingh]

Here's a certain instance around the 9m18s mark, shortly after the flamethrower scene:

I hear: "Erst nach zähem Kampf..." / Only after tough/hard fight...
So it's a declension from Steve's suggestion "zäher Kampf".

[Steve E]

Eine Stellung die der Feid einsehen kann wird mit einer Tarnung versehen
A position which is under enemy observation is being camouflaged

[Alexander Nasman]

It's Zäher Kampf. A term used ad nauseam by the Nazi propaganda ministry during late 42 - until the end of Stalingrad. By then, the phrase - which became a standard part of the state lexicon (especially on radio and in newsreels)- was used in almost every bulletin until 1945, as German forces retreated on all fronts. Most Germans had already deciphered such phrases - meaning, retreat, pull back or defeat.

[Panzerspitze]

Thanks for solving that puzzle for me, folks!