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<blockquote data-quote="emilioteles" data-source="post: 1697271" data-attributes="member: 3144">An American Soldier from Company 'I', 2/39th US Infantry Regiment speaks to a hollow-eyed German prisoner of war. Jüngersdorf, Germany. December 12, 1944.On December 12, 1944, the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th ID, captured the village of Jüngersdorf, a hamlet not far from the Roer River near Dueren. A Signal Corps photographer named Robert Cravens was with 'I' Company, 39th Infantry on that day to capture scenes of the aftermath of a long and traumatic fight, the cost of which can be seen in the eyes of the men Cravens photographed.The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest remains one of the longest, and bloodiest, battles fought by the United States Army. Through the fall of 1944, two American offensives into the hilly, heavily wooded terrain cost tens of thousands of casualties for little territorial gain. German defenders mined the forest, booby trapped entire sections, and covered all avenues of approach with snipers, automatic weapons and artillery. Attacking into the dense woods led American units to get lost, then pinned down and destroyed by German fire. Many historians have concluded that the fighting in the Hurtgen was among the most needless battles of the war, arguing that the U.S. First Army should have gone around it instead of trying to batter its way headlong through it. Altogether, the U.S. Army lost over 30,000 men; the Germans 28,000. Though most of the fighting ended in December, 1944, some firefights continued to flare up in the area until February 1945.(Colorised by Johhny Sirlande from Belgium)<img src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10421961_629770127152783_7423634199253642353_n.jpg?oh=eeb81090965e90e3edc48310c5c9c94d&amp;oe=5540DF13&amp;__gda__=1425845914_36766bfdac4f5882152eecac5ee7072d" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="emilioteles, post: 1697271, member: 3144"] An American Soldier from Company 'I', 2/39th US Infantry Regiment speaks to a hollow-eyed German prisoner of war. Jüngersdorf, Germany. December 12, 1944. On December 12, 1944, the 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th ID, captured the village of Jüngersdorf, a hamlet not far from the Roer River near Dueren. A Signal Corps photographer named Robert Cravens was with 'I' Company, 39th Infantry on that day to capture scenes of the aftermath of a long and traumatic fight, the cost of which can be seen in the eyes of the men Cravens photographed. The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest remains one of the longest, and bloodiest, battles fought by the United States Army. Through the fall of 1944, two American offensives into the hilly, heavily wooded terrain cost tens of thousands of casualties for little territorial gain. German defenders mined the forest, booby trapped entire sections, and covered all avenues of approach with snipers, automatic weapons and artillery. Attacking into the dense woods led American units to get lost, then pinned down and destroyed by German fire. Many historians have concluded that the fighting in the Hurtgen was among the most needless battles of the war, arguing that the U.S. First Army should have gone around it instead of trying to batter its way headlong through it. Altogether, the U.S. Army lost over 30,000 men; the Germans 28,000. Though most of the fighting ended in December, 1944, some firefights continued to flare up in the area until February 1945. (Colorised by Johhny Sirlande from Belgium) [IMG]https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10421961_629770127152783_7423634199253642353_n.jpg?oh=eeb81090965e90e3edc48310c5c9c94d&oe=5540DF13&__gda__=1425845914_36766bfdac4f5882152eecac5ee7072d[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982