The Kall Trail
by Gordon Elwell
Title
The Kall Trail
Artist
Gordon Elwell
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Photograph - Photograph
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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest (German: Schlacht im Hürtgenwald) is the name given to the series of fierce battles fought between U.S. and German forces during World War II in the Hürtgen Forest. It was the longest battle on German ground during World War II, and is the longest single battle the U.S. Army has ever fought. The battles took place from 19 September to 16 December 1944, over barely 50 sq mi, east of the Belgian–German border.
The Kall Trail was a narrow, twisting, muddy path through the Hürtgen Forest, connecting the two German towns of Vossenack and Kommerscheidt. Although designated by US Army headquarters as the Main Supply Route for an entire division, it was a death trap for vehicles and proved to be virtually unusable for moving men, supplies and the wounded. It was a narrow connector that crossed the Kall River, and featured steep terrain and multiple switchbacks in order to overcome very steep terrain on both sides of the narrow gorge. Today the Kall Trail is still that same narrow trail, mostly visited by a few veterans who survived that ferocious battle, and the historians who refuse to forget.
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May 30th, 2015
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