02246nam a22003257a 4500 OSt 20251217105540.0 251217b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780330420518 [paperback] University of Cebu-Banilad University of Cebu-Banilad Whiting, Charles, author. The battle of hurtgen forest / Charles Whiting. London : Pan Books ; c2003. xiii, 290 pages : illustrations (black & white), maps ; 19.6 cm. rdacontent text rdamedia unmediated rdacarrier volume Pan grand strategy series. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction -- Part one: Into the green hell -- Part two: The death factory -- Part three: Dark December -- Part four: The race for the dams -- Epilogue -- Source notes -- Index. "From September 1944 to February '45, in the longest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, division after division were sent into the Hurtgen Forest on the Belgian-German border. By the time the smoke cleared, nearly 30,000 GIs had been killed or wounded. Whiting makes it painfully clear that the battle of Hurtgen was unnecessary and had more to do with the maintenance of high-level reputations than strategic imperatives. He argues that Hurtgen was the forerunner of an attitude that became pervasive in Vietnam, where "generals were still throwing away the lives of their young soldiers with the same careless abandon." Whiting ( Bloody Aachen ) describes the battle with a sure hand; there is plenty of heroism on these pages, but little glory. As he points out, the only soldier of Hurtgen remembered today is "the one who ran away": Pvt. Eddie Slovik, the first American soldier executed for desertion since the Civil War. Photos." -- Provided by the publisher Adult Lauron, Rodello General Education General Education : History Text in English Hürtgen Forest, Battle of, Germany, 1944. Pan grand strategy series. ddc BK Gian [new] 12/17/2025 14715 14715 0 0 ddc 0 0 UCBL_MAIN UCBL_MAIN SUBJ.REF 2025-12-17 0 940.5421 W58 2003 3UCBL000015001 2025-12-17 2025-12-17 SR