Battle of Hürtgen Forest

A farmhouse on the main route through Hürtgen served as shelter for HQ Company, 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, XIX Corps, 9th US Army, as indicated on the bumper of the jeep. They nicknamed it the "Hürtgen Hotel".

Co I, 3rd Bn., 8th Regt., 4th Inf. Div., Duren area, Germany.

Deep in the Hurtgen forest, in Germany, American infantrymen move across a bridge over a small stream. A tank, part of the new Allied offensive, can be seen in the background.

American infantrymen move through Hurtgen, Germany, on their way to the front lines. Company I, 181st Regiment, 8th Infantry Division.

Jägerhausstr. 87 in Zweifall. Quartier Ernest Hemingways als Kriegsberichterstatter während der Schlacht im Hürtgenwald

Ehemals sog. "Braunes Haus" (Verwaltungsgebäude der NSDAP), dann Stabsquartier der 4. US-amerikanischen Infanteriedivision während der Schlacht im Hürtgenwald. Baudenkmal 534/17/07/12/604 an der Jägerhausstr. 12 in Zweifall

Infotafel am Baudenkmal 534/17/07/12/604 an der Jägerhausstr. 12 in Zweifall. Ehemals sog. "Braunes Haus" (Verwaltungsgebäude der NSDAP), dann Stabsquartier der 4. US-amerikanischen Infanteriedivision während der Schlacht im Hürtgenwald.

Staff Sgt. Justin Jackson, a budget analyst and company commander, Capt. Keith Kenny, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pose during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, to learn about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Sgt. 1st Class Zakaria Traore, the brigade senior paralegal, alongside Maj. John Hermida, the brigade personnel manager, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Fletcher, the brigade fires chief, all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pose for a photo during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, to learn about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, receive a briefing on the route used by soldiers during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, July 24, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Sgt. 1st Class Chad Vollmer, the brigade master gunner, Maj. Nicholas Lund, the brigade operations planner, and Capt. James ‘Jim’ Doukas, a brigade planner all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, engage with a tour guide during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, to learn about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, July 23, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, take a group photo during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium July 23, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, receive a lesson regarding a local cemetery for the Battle of Hürtgen Forest during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium July 24, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Capt. Miles French, the brigade aviation officer, alongside Capt. Armando Lopez, the brigade provost marshall officer, and 1st Lt. Darla Boswell, the brigade chemical officer, all assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, pose for a photo during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, to learn about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest July 22, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, climb a steep trail during a staff ride to the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, to learn about the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest, July 24, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

1st Lt. Jeremy Moser, the assistant brigade personnel manager assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, observes his surroundings during a brief on the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, July 24, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

Soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company Brigade, 588th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, take a group photo during a staff ride to a museum commemorating the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest located along the border between Germany and Belgium, July 24, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cameron Da Silva Brown)

517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team in the Hurtgen Forest

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Artillery-damaged trees during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.

A bomb crater at the Buhlert as a trace of the Second World War in the Hurtgen Forest in the northern Eifel.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Hürtgenwald, schweres Infanteriegeschütz Scherl: Schwere Infanteriegeschütze im Wald von Hürtgen bei der Abwehr eines der zahllosen nordamerikanischen Angriffe PK-Kriegsberichter Jäger [Bei Düren, Wald von Hürtgenwald.- Schweres Infanteriegeschütz beim Feuern, Aufnahme am 22.11.1944]

Commemorative plaque at a house in Merode, Germany, remembering the soldier killed in action of the 26th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Infantry Division in Merode, German in November, 1944.

Porträt von Friedrich Lengfeld. Aufgenommen an der Grabstelle von Friedrich Lengfeld auf dem Friedhof Rölsdorf in Düren-Rölsdorf.

A destroyed bunker of the Siegfried Line at the Peterberg in the northern Eifel. Type is unknown.

US Troops advance at Huertgen forest