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The Viking
I spent the weekend watching a lot of documentaries with purpose to find something to discuss. I may have found something we can discuss. The battle of the Hurtgen Forest.
The battles in the Hurtgen forest were fought between September to December 1944. The dense forest was perfect for the German defenders and they provided the US forces with a lot of casualties. The Germans had fortified the forest and the Allies couldn't use their air power. To make it the story short. The US 1st Army (Hodges) got itself into a lot of problems in the attempt to capture the forest. Had it been better if the US forces had bypassed it completely instead getting stuck in a war of attrition?
The battles in the Hurtgen forest were fought between September to December 1944. The dense forest was perfect for the German defenders and they provided the US forces with a lot of casualties. The Germans had fortified the forest and the Allies couldn't use their air power. To make it the story short. The US 1st Army (Hodges) got itself into a lot of problems in the attempt to capture the forest. Had it been better if the US forces had bypassed it completely instead getting stuck in a war of attrition?