Battle of Aachen

1944 major conflict of World War II

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  Battle of Aachen 1944
  
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  Battle of Crucifix Hill 1944
  
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  Battle of Hürtgen Forest 1944
  
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  Battle of Kesternich 1944
  
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  Elsenborn Ridge 1944
  
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  Operation Clipper 1944
  
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  Operation Stösser 1944
  

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1944-10-21T00:00:00Z

Battle of Aachen

1944-10-08T00:00:00Z

Battle of Crucifix Hill

1944-12-16T00:00:00Z

Battle of Hürtgen Forest

1944-12-16T00:00:00Z

Battle of Kesternich

1944-12-26T00:00:00Z

Elsenborn Ridge

1944-11-22T00:00:00Z

Operation Clipper

1944-12-17T00:00:00Z

Operation Stösser

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111-SC-195505 - PFC Victor Henry, Pontotoc, Miss., fires his machine gun through a hole in a wall, at Germans in a barn 300 yards away, beyond Kohlscheid, Germany. He is flanked by two of his buddies

504th parachute infantry regiment WWII germany

Aachen

Aachen

Aachen Germany

Aachen Germany

A GI machine gun crew (2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry) with a M1919 Browning against the NS-Army in the streets of Aachen, Germany.

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H26814, Aachen, Flüchtlinge

GI machine gun crew in Aachen

German-troops-captured-in-blazing-Aachen-in-Germany-1944-391749586962

SC 195600 - Crouching in the shelter of a knocked-out German 47mm anti-tank gun in Aachen, Germany, Pvt. William Zukerbrow, Brooklyn, N.Y., draws a bead on a Nazi sniper. 19 October, 1944. (52598394419)

SC 195637 - In Aachen, Germany, Pfc. Ragnel Lundgren, Jamestown, New York, maintains continuous communications with his headquarters with a handie-talkie radio. 15 October, 1944. (52598916203)

SC 195638 - Aided by the armored force, Yank infantry moves forward to engage the enemy in Aachen, Germany. 15 October, 1944. (52598831960)

SC 195639 - Pfc. Hoyle E. Lougherty, Knoxville, Tenn., looks at a warning sign posted by the Nazis for the German citizenry of Aachen, Germany. (52598412001)

SC 195646 - Yank infantrymen pass a city limits sign of Aachen, Germany, still very much on the alert as Nazi snipers may be hidden in the building. 13 October, 1944. (52608591996)

SC 195648 - With carbines cocked, two U.S. infantrymen cautiously enter a Nazi pillbox near a factory in Aachen, Germany (52609016330)

The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany

The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany

US Army infantrymen in Aachen 1944

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• 111-adc-2650.webm (Wikimedia)
• 111-adc-2655 Fall of Aachen Germany.webm (Wikimedia)
• Battle of Aachen (Wikimedia)

Type	Description	Date	Keywords	Notes	Source
link	Freebase entry@				Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Aachen	1944	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Crucifix Hill	1944	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Hürtgen Forest	1944	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Battle of Kesternich	1944	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Elsenborn Ridge	1944	battle		Wikidata
conflict	Operation Clipper	1944	military operation		Wikidata
conflict	Operation Stösser	1944	military operation		Wikidata
image	111-SC-195505 - PFC Victor Henry, Pontotoc, Miss., fires his machine gun through a hole in a wall, at Germans in a barn 300 yards away, beyond Kohlscheid, Germany. He is flanked by two of his buddies	1944			Wikimedia
image	504th parachute infantry regiment WWII germany	1945			Wikimedia
image	Aachen	1963			Wikimedia
image	Aachen	1944			Wikimedia
image	Aachen Germany	1945			Wikimedia
image	Aachen Germany	1945			Wikimedia
image	A GI machine gun crew (2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry) with a M1919 Browning against the NS-Army in the streets of Aachen, Germany.	1944			Wikimedia
image	Bundesarchiv Bild 183-H26814, Aachen, Flüchtlinge	1944			Wikimedia
image	GI machine gun crew in Aachen	1944			Wikimedia
image	German-troops-captured-in-blazing-Aachen-in-Germany-1944-391749586962	1944			Wikimedia
image	SC 195600 - Crouching in the shelter of a knocked-out German 47mm anti-tank gun in Aachen, Germany, Pvt. William Zukerbrow, Brooklyn, N.Y., draws a bead on a Nazi sniper. 19 October, 1944. (52598394419)	2022			Wikimedia
image	SC 195637 - In Aachen, Germany, Pfc. Ragnel Lundgren, Jamestown, New York, maintains continuous communications with his headquarters with a handie-talkie radio. 15 October, 1944. (52598916203)	2022			Wikimedia
image	SC 195638 - Aided by the armored force, Yank infantry moves forward to engage the enemy in Aachen, Germany. 15 October, 1944. (52598831960)	2022			Wikimedia
image	SC 195639 - Pfc. Hoyle E. Lougherty, Knoxville, Tenn., looks at a warning sign posted by the Nazis for the German citizenry of Aachen, Germany. (52598412001)	2022			Wikimedia
image	SC 195646 - Yank infantrymen pass a city limits sign of Aachen, Germany, still very much on the alert as Nazi snipers may be hidden in the building. 13 October, 1944. (52608591996)	2023			Wikimedia
image	SC 195648 - With carbines cocked, two U.S. infantrymen cautiously enter a Nazi pillbox near a factory in Aachen, Germany (52609016330)	2023			Wikimedia
image	The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany	1944			Wikimedia
image	The first U.S. tank to enter Aachen, Germany	1944			Wikimedia
image	US Army infantrymen in Aachen 1944	1944			Wikimedia
video	111-adc-2447.webm	1944			Wikimedia
video	111-adc-2639.webm				Wikimedia
video	111-adc-2650.webm				Wikimedia
video	111-adc-2655 Fall of Aachen Germany.webm	1944			Wikimedia
video	Battle of Aachen	1944			Wikimedia