Battle Of Hurtgen Forest

Charles Whiting

Hachette Books, Nov 22, 2000 - History - 312 pages

The U.S. Army regards the Hurtgen Forest as one of the most desperate battles it has ever fought. Flanking the key German city of Aachen, the forest was one of the formidable natural barriers interspersed with German fortifications in the West Wall in September 1944.

About the author

Charles Whiting served with a reconnaisance outfit in WWII and has since become one of the premier historians of the war. Among his many best-selling works are Patton, The Last Assault, and Death on a Distant Frontier. He currently lives in York, England.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Battle Of Hurtgen Forest
• Author: Charles Whiting
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Hachette Books, 2000
• ISBN: 1580970559, 9781580970556
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: History / Military / General; History / Wars & Conflicts / General