Hürtgen Forest- Factory of death

[Von Schwerin]

Hope this helps to understand.
http://hometown.aol.de/huertgenforest/page1.html

Jim

Just come across this thread and I have a special interest in this - If this helps - I can point you to a small site I prepared for members of my group.
http://www.pdspace.afra.org.uk/index.htm
I have been more than once to thsi now beautiful area along with the Eiffel region and the Ardennes - If I can help please PM or post.

Thanks
PD

[Benoit Douville]

Here is another work on the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest worth reading:



Regards

[m_sertz]

Wasn't there a brief cease-fire called during the battle so that both sides could recover their wounded?

[Delta Tank]

So what is the answer to the question? Please translate.

audial.antichrist wrote:
Patrice wrote:
Hello.
A very fine book,here in french version.
La bataille de la foret de Huergen of Charles B.MacDonald near Foxmaster & Pozit Press Belgium.
In English The Battle of the Huertgen Forest.
Patrice.

what's that text on the wall there? "Wir siegen, weil wir an Adolf Hitler und unser..."?



Most likely it continues "....Großdeutsches Reich glauben"

Mike

[SiG I]

"Wir siegen, weil wir an Adolf Hitler und unser Großdeutsches Reich glauben."

We win, because we believe in Adolf Hitler and our Great German Empire.

Cheers!

[Delta Tank]

Sig I,

Thank you very much!! And I am glad the Romanian's are working very hard, because hard work is good for you! Well, to a point, don't injure yourself.

Mike

[Benoit Douville]

SiG I,

I am just wondering what your post have to do with the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest???

Maybe another thread about the facts that a lot of Romanian believe in Hitler and Antonescu would be more appropriate and interesting I am sure.

Regards

[SiG I]

Benoit, read the posts before mine. There is a photo that is supposed to be taken during the battle and shows a German slogan on a wall. Delta tank asked what it meant and I happen to know german so I tried to translate it. It doesn't refer to Romania. I don't know how many Romanians believed in Hitler but most of them didn't think very much of him actually.

[Dwight Pruitt]

I have two Purple Hearts to members of the 4th Division KIA during the battle of the Hürtgen Forest. I am trying to find out what I can about the actions in which they were killed.

PFC John T. Mc Fall-12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, KIA 17 November 1944. Buried in Henri Chappelle American Military Cemetery.

Pvt. Fred W. Fien 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, KIA 25 November 1944. So far my research indicates that Fien had been overseas less than a month, and was killed in action the day after being assigned to the 22nd Infantry as a replacement. Chances are no one in his unit had the chance to learn his name.

[Benoit Douville]

Here is an interesting quote made by the American General James Gavin Commander of the 82 Airbone Division(1944-45) about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest:

"For us the Hürtgen was one of the most costly, most unproductive, and most ill-advised Battles that our Army has ever fought".

Regards

[Benoit Douville]

Here is a great article about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest in the World War II Magazine January/February 2006 issue:

http://historynet.com/wwii/blkommerscheidt/

Enjoy!

Regards

[Panzer Regiment 6]

R,E m-sertze,i belive you are correct about the ceasefire during the battle,i have read somewhere that this was the case so both sides could recover their wounded and i have also read that on occasion they even helped the opposing side recover dead and wounded,i must dig out the book and post the Auther here.

[Captain]

Hürtgen Forest Cease-Fire:
http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/blhur ... index.html

Desperate Hours at Kesternich:
http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/blkes ... index.html

[ShinjiMimura]

The worst thing about it was that they lost 24,000 dead/wounded and another 8,000 non-combat casualties....for nothing.

According to Charles Whiting's Hurtgen Forest, Yank High Command could have simply sealed off the forest and left the defenders to either rot or surrender to the Yanks.

[SiG I]

An interesting fact regarding Huertgen is that one of the war correspondents reporting about the battle was the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway. He was with the 22th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division. Apparently, he allso wrote a book about his experiance. (Has anyone read it?)

Best regards!
SiG