CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY
THE STRATEGIC SITUATION
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
German commanders • US commanders
OPPOSING ARMIES
The Wehrmacht • The US Army
OPPOSING PLANS
US plans • German plans
THE CAMPAIGN
The first battle of Aachen • North of Aachen
Encircling Aachen • The second battle of Aachen
Prelude to Operation Queen: Hürtgen • Operation Queen
Operation Clipper: VIII Corps • Operation Queen: the December clean up
The prelude to the Ardennes
THE CAMPAIGN IN RETROSPECT
The battlefields today
FURTHER READING
GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS
On September 13, 1944 Task Force X of the 3rd Armored Division penetrated the Siegfried Line near Aachen. Here, one of the division’s M4 tanks drives through some dragon’s teeth, the first layer of the Scharnhorst Line. (NARA)