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- catalog abstract ""For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Huertgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitable terrain. Unfortunately for the American soldiers involved, the Huertgen Forest campaign turned out to be one of the deadliest of the war. During its first month, the 9th Infantry Division supported by the 3d Armored Division managed to eke out a gain of only 3,500 yards. This paltry advance was at the cost of 4,500 American casualties, less than a yard per man. One has to go back to the charnel houses of World War I to find comparable ratios." "Surprisingly, little has been written about this bloody battle. Its beginning was overshadowed by Field Marshall Montgomery's audacious and ill-fated Operation Market Garden (September 17), "the bridge too far." As the battle for the Huertgen Forest neared its end, the massive Nazi attack that became immortalized as the Battle of the Bulge (December 16) exploded into Belgium. Also, as a purely American affair, the Huertgen Forest campaign has been largely overlooked by British military historians who dominated much of the postwar scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12003572.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""For nearly five months, starting in mid-September 1944, American GIs battled for the Huertgen Forest, a fifty-square mile tract of extremely inhospitable terrain. Unfortunately for the American soldiers involved, the Huertgen Forest campaign turned out to be one of the deadliest of the war. During its first month, the 9th Infantry Division supported by the 3d Armored Division managed to eke out a gain of only 3,500 yards.".
- catalog description ""Surprisingly, little has been written about this bloody battle. Its beginning was overshadowed by Field Marshall Montgomery's audacious and ill-fated Operation Market Garden (September 17), "the bridge too far." As the battle for the Huertgen Forest neared its end, the massive Nazi attack that became immortalized as the Battle of the Bulge (December 16) exploded into Belgium.".
- catalog description "Also, as a purely American affair, the Huertgen Forest campaign has been largely overlooked by British military historians who dominated much of the postwar scholarship."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-379) and index.".
- catalog description "This paltry advance was at the cost of 4,500 American casualties, less than a yard per man. One has to go back to the charnel houses of World War I to find comparable ratios."".
- catalog extent "x, 393 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bloody forest.".
- catalog identifier "0891416994".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bloody forest.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press,".
- catalog relation "Bloody forest.".
- catalog subject "940.54/213551 21".
- catalog subject "D756.5.H8 A78 2000".
- catalog subject "Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944.".
- catalog subject "Schmidt, Battle of, Schmidt, Germany, 1944.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army History World War, 1939-1945.".
- catalog title "The bloody forest: battle for the Huertgen, September 1944-January 1945 / Gerald Astor.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".