The Battle of Hürtgen Forest, known in Germany as Schlacht in Hürtgenwald, is the most extended single Battle the US Army has ever fought. It was composed of a series of ambushes, skirmishes, and ...

Dubbed the longest battle fought by the Americans on German soil, the Battle of Hurtgen Forest lasted from September 19, 1944, to February 10, 1945.

American soldiers examine weapons and gear abandoned by retreating Germans. (US Army Signal Corps) Gray clouds hung low, and a steady drizzle dripped through the tall fir trees of the Hürtgen Forest ...

VOSSENECK, Germany – In 1939, the world entered WWII, the deadliest war in history sparked by an international conflict between the Axis and Allied powers. The 4th Infantry Division joined the fight ...

In 1944, Pvt. Jacob "Bud" Pennegar was a clerk in an army that desperately needed infantrymen. So three months after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the 19-year-old from Pennsylvania stepped off a ...

Only late in the battle could tanks be deployed, leaving it to the infantry to decide the outcome. In the end it was only sheer guts that propelled them through the forest. The campaign eventually ...