Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads

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The Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads was fought, beginning one day prior to the start of the Battle of the Bulge, at a vital three-way junction near a forester's cabin and former border post named Wahlerscheid, astride the Siegfried Line (Westwall). The road ran along the Höfen-Alzen and Dreiborn ridges, about 5.6 miles (9.0 km) north of Krinkelt-Rocherath, Belgium. In early December 1944, the U.S. V Corps trucked the experienced 2nd Infantry Division from positions it had held in the south to Krinkelt-Rocherath, twin villages adjacent to Elsenborn Ridge and near the southern tip of the Hürtgen Forest.

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Location: 50.5019, 6.3275, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944 Battle of Heartbreak Crossroads
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1944 — 1945 Battle of Kesternich
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1944 — 1945 Battle of the Bulge
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflict496Battle of TolbiacFranks, Clovis I, Alamanni, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of Hürtgen ForestUnited States, Nazi Germany, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of KesternichUnited States, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of Lanzerath RidgeUnited States, battleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of the BulgeUnited States, Nazi Germany, offensiveWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of St. Vithbattle, United StatesWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Battle of Heartbreak CrossroadsbattleWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1944Elsenborn RidgeUnited States, battleWikidata
    sitebunker1960Ausweichsitz Nordrhein-Westfalenunderground infrastructure systemWikidata
    sitecastleMonschau CastlecastleWikidata
    sitecastle1300Burg Raafruins, keep, castleWikidata
    sitetowerHaus RaerenkeepWikidata
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