High Stakes at Bruyères

In the heavily wooded valleys of the Vosges Mountains, a bitter battle pitched the US 36th and 45th Infantry Divisions against the German 338th Volksgrenadier and 198th Infantry Divisions, in October 1944. The Allies had been ordered to move forward …

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In the heavily wooded valleys of the Vosges Mountains, a bitter battle pitched the US 36th and 45th Infantry Divisions against the German 338th Volksgrenadier and 198th Infantry Divisions, in October 1944. The Allies had been ordered to move forward on a broad front and the town of Bruyeres stood smack dab in their path. For the German High Command, holding the line in this valley was critical: if it fell, their upcoming counter-offensive in the Ardennes, Operation Wacht am Rhein, could be disastrously compromised. The inhabitants of Bruyeres had never imagined so much would be at stake in their little town of northeastern France.

Bruyeres, France

The Battle of Lorraine was a battle on the Western Front during the First World War. The armies of France and Germany had completed their mobilisation, the French with Plan XVII, to conduct an offensive through Lorraine and Alsace into Germany and the Germans with Aufmarsch II West, for an offensive in the north through Luxembourg and Belgium into France, supplemented with attacks in the south to prevent the French from transferring troops to the greater threat in the north.

Wikipedia: Battle of Lorraine

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