Hell in Hurtgen Forest
Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany’s Hürtgen Forest. 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 Hürtgenwald “meat grinder,” ...
Some of the most brutally intense infantry combat in World War II occurred within Germany’s Hürtgen Forest. 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 Hürtgenwald “meat grinder,” ...
