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Siegfried Line - Clashes on the Siegfried Line | | Siegfried Line - Clashes on the Siegfried Line: Encyclopedia II - Siegfried Line - Clashes on the Siegfried Line | | In August 1944 the first clashes took place by the Siegfried Line. The section of the line now fought over the most was the Hürtgenwald area in the Eifel, 20 Km (13 miles) southeast of Aachen. The battle in this confusing, heavily forested area claimed the lives of more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers; the German death toll is not exactly known, but may have been around 12,000.
After the Battle of Hürtgenwald, the Battle of the Bulge began, starting at the area south of the Hürtgenwald, between Monschau and the Luxembourgian town of Echt ...
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Siegfried Line - Clashes on the Siegfried Line
Main article: Battle of the Siegfried Line
In August 1944 the first clashes took place by the Siegfried Line. The section of the line now fought over the most was the Hürtgenwald area in the Eifel, 20 Km (13 miles) southeast of Aachen. The battle in this confusing, heavily forested area claimed the lives of more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers; the German death toll is not exactly known, but may have been around 12,000.
After the Battle of Hürtgenwald, the Battle of the Bulge began, starting at the area south of the Hürtgenwald, between Monschau and the Luxembourgian town of Echternach. This offensive was a last-ditch attempt by the Germans to reverse the course of the war. It cost the lives of many people without resulting in any lasting success.
There were serious clashes at other parts of the Siegfried Line. Soldiers in many bunkers refused to give up fighting, afraid of German courts-martial. Many German soldiers paid for this decision with their lives, as the group shelters in particular did not protect them in the slightest from attack.
In Spring 1945, the last Siegfried Line bunkers fell at the Saar and Hunsrück.
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