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Follow Me And Die: In Nov. 1944, the 28th Infantry Division, under inept commanders,was ordered to attack the Germans in the Hurtgen Forest near the Siegfried Line.It was one of the first incursions of U>S> forces into the German homeland.
Resistance was fierce. The American infantry-men, though courageous, were demoralized by cold, hunger, exhaustion, and fear. They broke and ran.American casualties rose to 75 percent.
From access to recently declassified documents, and with first-hand testimony from both German and American survivors, the virtual destruction of an American division in one of WWII's most costly and useless attacks is revealed in detail for the first time.
Resistance was fierce. The American infantry-men, though courageous, were demoralized by cold, hunger, exhaustion, and fear. They broke and ran.American casualties rose to 75 percent.
From access to recently declassified documents, and with first-hand testimony from both German and American survivors, the virtual destruction of an American division in one of WWII's most costly and useless attacks is revealed in detail for the first time.
