Most US casualties in ET?

nightfighter · 11-20-2009, 06:05 PM

In what battle in the World War II European Theater cost the U.S. (Western Front) the most casualties?

jestor · 11-20-2009, 07:50 PM

Battle of Hürtgen Forest,33,000 casualties also the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought in its history.

17thfabn · 11-26-2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jestor

Battle of Hürtgen Forest,33,000 casualties also the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought in its history.

I'm going to have to challenge that. I believe it was the Battle of the Bulge that was the most costly battle in World WAr II for the USA.

17thfabn · 11-29-2009, 03:08 PM

In fact I believe that the Battle of the Bulge had the most casualties of ANY American Battle.

nightfighter · 01-18-2010, 05:49 PM

The following links indicate that the Battle of the Bulge resulted in 19,000 or so U.S. killed, while the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest resulted in, "at least 33,000 killed and incapacitated". What I find most interesting is that the Battle of the Bulge is famous and several movies and documentaries have been made about it, but the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest is virtually unknown to most people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...est#Background

17thfabn · 01-22-2010, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by nightfighter

The following links indicate that the Battle of the Bulge resulted in 19,000 or so U.S. killed, while the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest resulted in, "at least 33,000 killed and incapacitated". What I find most interesting is that the Battle of the Bulge is famous and several movies and documentaries have been made about it, but the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest is virtually unknown to most people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...est#Background

All the sources I've seen for the Hurtgen Forest Battle give aproximatly 32,000 "casualties", the number you use, but do not break it down to how many of these were killed in action, and how many were wounded. This 32,000 number includes both. Typicaly there are 2 to 3 times as many wounded as killed in a battle so I would guess that around 10,000 of the above number were KIA, and 22,000 or so were wounded. From my reading a large number of the wounded were weather related, so the KIA number may in fact be even lower.

Most sources for the Battle of the Bulge give a the following figures:
Killed in action: 19,000
Wounded in action: 47,000
Captured 23,000
So not including the captured the Battle of the Bulge had approximatley 68,000 casualties. total.

It is a shame the Hurtgen Forest campaign gets so little notice. If you read unit histories of the Divisions that fought there it plays a prominent part in their stories. Since much of the fighting in the Hurtgen Forest occured at around the time of the Battle of the Bulge it gets over shadowed.

jestor · 03-11-2010, 07:34 PM

It is a shame the Hurtgen Forest campaign gets so little notice. If you read unit histories of the Divisions that fought there it plays a prominent part in their stories. Since much of the fighting in the Hurtgen Forest occured at around the time of the Battle of the Bulge it gets over shadowed.[/QUOTE]

The reason it gets so little notice is because,it was deliberately covered up, it was a big mistake to go in there.

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01-18-2010, 05:49 PM	#5
nightfighter V.I.P. Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 118	Re: Most US casualties in ET? The following links indicate that the Battle of the Bulge resulted in 19,000 or so U.S. killed, while the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest resulted in, "at least 33,000 killed and incapacitated". What I find most interesting is that the Battle of the Bulge is famous and several movies and documentaries have been made about it, but the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest is virtually unknown to most people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...est#Background Last edited by nightfighter; 01-18-2010 at 05:50 PM..

03-11-2010, 07:34 PM	#7
jestor V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Mississippi Posts: 129	Re: Most US casualties in ET? It is a shame the Hurtgen Forest campaign gets so little notice. If you read unit histories of the Divisions that fought there it plays a prominent part in their stories. Since much of the fighting in the Hurtgen Forest occured at around the time of the Battle of the Bulge it gets over shadowed.[/QUOTE] The reason it gets so little notice is because,it was deliberately covered up, it was a big mistake to go in there.