Week 272 - The Futile Fight in Hurtgen Forest - WW2 - November 11, 1944

The struggle for Hurtgen forest, one tiny piece at a time, continues. The Allies have, however, secured Walcheren Island, and also launch Operation Queen to try and reach and cross the Roer River, and further south even launch a new offensive aiming for Metz . Things are not going well for the Americans on Leyte, though, but theyre even worse for the Chinese as both Guilin and Liuzhou fall to the Japanese. As for the Soviets, they are busy making big plans for a gigantic offensive to drive in to Germany when the new year comes.

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Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
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00:00 Intro
01:01 Recap
01:22 Breakneck Ridge on Leyte
07:10 Japanese take Guilin and Liuzhou in China
08:43 Allies secure Walcheren Island
09:56 Allied attacks in Hurtgen Forest
14:35 Pattons 3rd Armys new offensive near Metz
18:02 Red Army attacks toward Budapest
19:44 Soviet Plans for a Berlin Offensive
22:56 Allied attacks in Italy and a few notes

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Australian War Memorial
National Archives NARA
Bundesarchiv
Fortepan: 175118, 78294
Imperial War Museums: TR 1037

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Break Free - Fabien Tell
Dark Beginning - Johan Hynynen
Force Matrix - Jon Bjork
Its Not a Game - Philip Ayers
Last Man Standing 3 - Johannes Bornlöf
Leave It All Here - Fabien Tell
March Of The Brave 4 - Rannar Sillard
March Of The Brave 10 - Rannar Sillard
Other Sides of Glory - Fabien Tell
Please Hear Me Out - Philip Ayers
Potential Redemption - Max Anson
Rememberance - Fabien Tell
The Inspector 4 - Johannes Bornlöf
Weapon of Choice - Fabien Tell
Wicked Games - Philip Ayers

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