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HBO. Release. June 27, 1998. (1998-06-27) When Trumpets Fade is a 1998 HBO television movie directed by John Irvin and starring Ron Eldard, Frank Whaley, Zak Orth, and Dylan Bruno. First released on June 27, 1998, the film is set in World War II during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest. [1]
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) 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 140 km 2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian–German border. [1]
The costly Battle of Hürtgen Forest seriously weakened Hodges’ First Army, with its extended front line unable to resist the German onslaught in the early hours of the Battle of the Bulge. The Big Red One and 9th Infantry Divisions had to depend almost entirely on replacements after Hürtgen, and the 4th and 8th Infantry Divisions also had big manpower gaps to fill.
Oct 17, 2023 · Ironically, the 28 th Division’s motto was “Fire and Movement.” 6 The Battle of Hurtgen Forest presented a situation where the former was challenging while the latter was often impossible. The assault into the Hurtgen commenced on November 2 after a few days of delay due to cold, cloudy, and wet inclement weather; conditions that would be the norm for the duration of the campaign.
The most grueling battle in Europe from D-Day to V-E Day was fought in the H u rtgen Forest, south of the Aachen-Duren highway. With a mission of seizing the main road from H u rtgen to Duren, the 4th Division attacked through this forest on November 16, 1944. The enemy's strength had been completely underestimated.
For the bulk of the American forces in Europe, that is Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley’s 12th Army Group, located in the center of the AEF line, the fall 1944 campaign was horrific. On the right of the group, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.’s Third US Army battled its way past the Metz fortresses, a series of massive, largely subterranean concrete ...
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National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD. The most direct route to the dams lay through the Hürtgen Forest, a man-made forest preserve of densely packed fir trees in rough terrain. It was also one of the most heavily fortified areas of the Siegfried Line, some 200 square miles of dense woods, deep ravines, and high ridges.
