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1944
July
03
The Battle of the Hedgerows
On 3 July 1944 the US First Army attacked through the Normandy hedgerows towards La Haye-du-Puits and Saint-Lô. Every kilometre cost hundreds of casualties.
18
The capture of Saint-Lô
On 18 July 1944 the US 29th Infantry Division entered ruined Saint-Lô, cleared on 19 July – the start line for the Operation Cobra breakthrough of 25 July.
September
13
The Allies at the Siegfried Line
On 11 September 1944 the first American patrol crossed the German border; on 12–13 September VII Corps attacked the Siegfried Line near Aachen.
28
The Medal of Honor for Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
In September 1944 Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., who died in Normandy in July, got a posthumous Medal of Honor for leading on Utah Beach on 6 June.
October
02
The attack on Aachen
On 2 October 1944 the US XIX Corps attacked the West Wall on the Wurm north of Aachen, opening the manoeuvre to encircle the city.
12
XXIII Corps in Europe
In the autumn of 1944 the headquarters of the US XXIII Corps, formed in January 1944, reached Europe. It never saw battle – in 1945 it occupied the Rhineland.
27
The fighting in the Hürtgen Forest
The Hürtgen Forest fighting, begun on 19 September 1944, went on in late October; in November and December it became one of the US Army’s bloodiest battles.
November
30
XXII Corps in Europe
In autumn 1944 the headquarters of US XXII Corps reached Europe. In 1945, under General Ernest Harmon, it fought with the Fifteenth Army, then occupied Bohemia.
1945
January
03
The attack on Houffalize
On 3 January 1945 the US First Army attacked from the north towards Houffalize. The Allies chose a shallow pincer at mid-salient, not a cut at its base.
March
22
The crossing at Oppenheim
On the night of 22–23 March 1945 infantry of Patton's Third Army quietly crossed the Rhine in boats at Nierstein and Oppenheim, with no artillery preparation.