Hürtgen Forest (Death Factory)
is inspired by Hürtgen Forest, Hürtgenwald, North Rhine-Westphalia
Inspired by a real place
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
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In the game
The campaign mission Death Factory sends the squad into the Hürtgen Forest in the autumn of 1944, through dense old trees where German artillery bursts in the treetops. The mission that follows, Hill 493, is set on a hill in the same forest.
The real place
The Battle of Hürtgen Forest, from September 1944 to February 1945, was the longest battle the US Army fought on German soil, and one of its costliest. The forest south-east of Aachen has grown back, and walking trails, memorials and a small museum in Vossenack recall the fighting.
Visiting
Hiking trails start from Vossenack and Kleinhau. The Hürtgenwald museum in Vossenack has limited opening times, so check them before you go, and wear boots: the trails are steep and muddy after rain.
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