Hell in Hurtgen Forest Rush CSM.Ret. Robert S.
Hell in Hurtgen Forest Rush CSM.Ret. Robert S. Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Army's drive to cross the Roer River.…
Specifikacia Hell in Hurtgen Forest Rush CSM.Ret. Robert S.
Hell in Hurtgen Forest Rush CSM.Ret. Robert S.
Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany's Hrtgen Forest. Army's drive to cross the Roer River. Focusing on the bitterly fought battle between the American 22d Infantry Regiment and elements of the German LXXIV Korps around Grosshau, Rush chronicles small-unit combat at its most extreme and shows why, despite enormous losses, the Americans persevered in the Hurtgenwald "meat grinder," a battle similar to two punch-drunk fighters staggering to survive the round.On 16 November 1944, the 22d Infantry entered the Hurtgen Forest as part of the U.S.
After three days of fighting, the regiment had lost all three battalion commanders. During the next eighteen days, the 22d suffered more than 2,800 casualties--or about 86 percent of its normal strength of about 3,250 officers and men. After seven days, rifle company strengths stood at 50
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