Photos from the battle of Hürtgen forest (Image Request)

[Ivan1]

Does anyone have some photos from the bloody WW2 battle of Hurtgen forest that lasted for 6 months?

[RGRBOX]

You know you need to change the title of this thread.. I was hoping to see some pics..

[Beer Monster]

There are a few here.

[B25Hmitchell]

Does anyone have some photos from the bloody WW2 battle of Hurtgen forest that lasted for 6 months?

You forgot to say the magic word.

[ex1cdo]

Does anyone have some photos from the bloody WW2 battle of Hurtgen forest that lasted for 6 months?

Allow me to introduce you to google images. Using "hurtgen forest" as a search string will find you a number of interesting things.

[Ivan1]

Man, of course I did google search, but I was hoping someone here has some more pics. Scans from books, private collections, etc. that aren’t on net, yet.

[East Scout II]

Man, of course I did google search, but I was hoping someone here has some more pics. Scans from books, private collections, etc. that aren’t on net, yet.

Be careful man..People go nuts about requests if they dont know EVERY LITTLE DETAIL about what you already have tried in a search before asking for help...Those keyboard buttons are just so hard for some people to push and reading request threads just kills em too but they cant help themselves and read them anyhow just to have something to bitch at.......

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[Dexx]

I thought that this battle is know in the US as the Battle of the Bulge. Do you know the term Hürtgen Wald (forest) as well?

[Hellfish]

I thought that this battle is know in the US as the Battle of the Bulge. Do you know the term Hürtgen Wald (forest) as well?

It's kinda been swept under the rug because it was such a bloody, useless debacle. People would rather concentrate on our victories than our defeats. There's info out there but you have to go looking for it.

[foxtrot023]

It's kinda been swept under the rug because it was such a bloody, useless debacle. People would rather concentrate on our victories than our defeats. There's info out there but you have to go looking for it.

you know that tha forgetfullness of defeats have cost US servicemen lots of blood- places like Kaserline pass, the eastern seaboard on the battle of the Atlantic, in Iron Botton sound. Of ocurse not just the US but many other folks as well. They used to say that the military fought their wars like the previous ones

[Hellfish]

We do tend to fight our wars like the last war. Look at Vietnam. Korea was practically an extension of WWII. OIF was, in some respects, fought like ODS but without serious concern for the fighting abilities of the Iraqi military.

[RGRBOX]

The Battle for the Hurtigen Forest took place before the German Counter attack of 1944. The US was trying to take the dams north of the Aera to keep the germans from destoying them and flooding the lower Rhine, (If I'm Correct) and to clear the forest area along with Hurtigen of any German units in the area. It was hard going for the American forces because of the think forest, the cold, and the arty that the Germans used daily.. the men felt inclosed and closterphobic. It was difficult for them to fight in this area, because mainly the Us army at the time was an open country massive tank formation army that had been fighting mostly in open country until they entered Belgum, and Luxemburg.

[Macs.]

Umhänge tarnen US-Soldaten im Schnee

Nur fünf Monate nach der Landung in der Normandie überqueren GIs Mitte September '44 die deutsche Grenze bei Aachen.

Im Hürtgenwald, kurz hinter der Grenze, wird der Vormarsch gestoppt. Die Amerikaner kämpfen gegen den Winter, das Gelände und verschanzte deutsche Soldaten.

US-Militärwagen in Vossenack. Nach schweren verlustreichen Kämpfen besetzen die Amerikaner die vollkommen zerstörten Dörfer im Hürtgenwald.

Auch der Ort Gey wurde völlig zerstört. Die amerikanischen Soldaten sprachen von der "Hölle im Hürtgenwald".

Aus dem Namen des Dorfes Hürtgen machten die Amerikaner die Bezeichnung "hurtgen forest". Darin steckt das englische "to hurt" für schmerzen

Verkohlte Baumstümpfe ragen in den Himmel: Weite Waldflächen wurden zerstört. Im Minenfeld "Wilde Sau" bei Hürtgen starben nach dem Krieg Gefangene bei der Minensuche

Dieses US-Militärfoto ist auf dem Plakat im Wald zu sehen: Ein verwundeter Amerikaner wird versorgt. Vor 60 Jahren wurde an dieser Stelle erbittert gekämpft.

An dreizehn Orten im Hürtgenwald hat der Geschichtsverein Plakatwände mit Fotos aus der Kriegszeit aufgestellt. Hier das Plakat an der Mestrenger Mühle im Kalltal.

Allein an der Gedenkstätte Vossenack sind rund 2.400 deutsche Soldaten begraben. Die amerikanischen Toten ruhen auf Friedhöfen in Belgien und den Niederlanden.

[RGRBOX]

Good pics Macs.. thanks..

[Bockson]

There's nice movie "When Trumpets Fade", whose topic is that battle. I haven't seen it yet but people say that it's good, not as other realistic WWII movies but good.