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A Dark And Bloody Ground: The Hurtgen Forest And The Roer River Dams, 19441945 (Texas A & M University Military History Series)-new Ruth Stiles Gannett This Edition Of The BookIn Late 1944, American Forces Advanced Into The Hilly, Heavily Wooded Hurtgen Forest Southeast Of Aachen, Germany. For Weeks, Without A Clearcut Reason For Attacking Through The Forest, U. S. Commanders Nevertheless Ordered Units Of As Many As Seven Divisions Into The Woods To Be Chewed Up By German Infantry And Artillery. Small Units, Cut Off By The Rugged Terrain And Trees, Unable To Employ Tanks Or Artillery Effectively, Fought Entrenched And