June 6, 1943

[Smaragdadler]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Did the Germans ever flood the area? :hmm:

...On February 10, the Schwammenauel dam was taken by American forces, although the Germans had opened the floodgates of the dam the day before and thus the Rur Valley was flooded, halting the U.S. push for the Rhine across the little river for two further weeks, until the attackers finally managed to cross the river on February 23rd when the waters had sunk again...

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

regards