US Sgt. Cayne (left) with a German POW - Hürtgen Forest, Germany, Dec 1944. CREDIT: Tony Vaccaro

German forces fiercely defended the area as it served as a key staging ground for the 1944 winter offensive Wacht am Rhein,(Battle of the Bulge). Lasting 88 days,it became the longest battle fought on German soil during WWII.It also stands as the second-longest single battle in the history of the US Army, surpassed only by the three-month-long Battle of Bataan. #ww2 #hurtgen #germany #usarmy #pow

Monday, March 9, 2026

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Today in Labor History March 4, 1943: The Battle of Fardykambos began. It was one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins. The battle lasted 3 days. The Greeks forced the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and liberated the town of Grevena. The Greek Resistance was one of the strongest anti-fascist resistance movements in Europe during the war. The Communist National Liberation Front, the largest contingent in the Greek Resistance, fought the Italians during the Battle of Fardykambos. As the fighting progressed, local civilians joined in, as did many of the right-wing members of the Greek Resistance. As a result of their victory, they obtained many weapons and took 550 Italians as prisoners of war.

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