Hürtgen Forest

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forest geographical region

Hürtgen Forest is a heavily wooded area in western Germany best known as the site of a prolonged and costly World War II battle between American and German forces.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Hürtgen Forest	4
Battle of the Hürtgen Forest	4
Hürtgen Forest canonical	2
Hürtgen Forest campaign	1
Hürtgenwald	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	forest ⓘ geographical region ⓘ
battleBetween	German Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
contains	Hürtgenwald municipality ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
currentUse	hiking area ⓘ recreational area ⓘ
endDateOfMajorBattle	1945-02 ⓘ
hasHazard	unexploded ordnance ⓘ
hasMemorial	Battle of Hürtgen Forest museum ⓘ war cemeteries ⓘ
hasVegetation	coniferous trees ⓘ mixed woodland ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century military history ⓘ
knownFor	Hürtgen Forest self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Hürtgen Forest costly World War II battle ⓘ prolonged World War II battle ⓘ
locatedIn	North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ district of Düren ⓘ western Germany ⓘ
near	Aachen ⓘ Belgian border ⓘ
partOf	Rhineland ⓘ surface form: Eifel region
partOfMilitaryCampaign	Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front of World War II
startDateOfMajorBattle	1944-09 ⓘ
strategicImportance	approaches to the Ruhr industrial region ⓘ protection of Rur River dams ⓘ
terrainType	heavily wooded area ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siegfried Line → notableSectionNear → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

Siegfried Line → sawMajorCombat → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest

Westwall → notableBattle → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest

Hürtgen Forest → knownFor → Hürtgen Forest self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Hürtgen Forest

Battle of Aachen → followedBy → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest

First United States Army → notableBattle → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Hürtgen Forest

Battle of Hürtgen Forest museum → dedicatedTo → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Hürtgen Forest

Battle of Hürtgen Forest museum → locatedIn → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hürtgenwald

Battle of Hürtgen Forest museum → focusesOnEvent → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Hürtgen Forest

116th Panzer Division → notableEngagement → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hürtgen Forest

116th Panzer Division → notableLocation → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

Keystone Division → participatedIn → Hürtgen Forest ⓘ

subject surface form: 28th Infantry Division

this entity surface form: Hürtgen Forest campaign