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And there's no place to run or hide, and it's random death from above. Along with
standard artillery rounds, part of Thomae's strategy
is to create tree bursts. The Hurtgen Forest had conifer trees
that were over a hundred feet high in some places, and the Germans designed
their artillery barrages to strike above the canopy so that not only would deadly shrapnel
rain down on the Americans, but also splinters that were razor sharp that could slice through the body
standard artillery rounds, part of Thomae's strategy
is to create tree bursts. The Hurtgen Forest had conifer trees
that were over a hundred feet high in some places, and the Germans designed
their artillery barrages to strike above the canopy so that not only would deadly shrapnel
rain down on the Americans, but also splinters that were razor sharp that could slice through the body
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And there's no place to run or hide,
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and it's random death from above.
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Along with
standard artillery rounds,
00:00:09.568 --> 00:00:12.699
part of Thomae's strategy
is to create tree bursts.
00:00:13.829 --> 00:00:16.874
The Hurtgen Forest had conifer trees
that were over a hundred feet high
00:00:16.874 --> 00:00:18.395
in some places,
00:00:18.483 --> 00:00:21.701
and the Germans designed
their artillery barrages
00:00:21.788 --> 00:00:24.018
to strike above the canopy
00:00:24.018 --> 00:00:28.485
so that not only would deadly shrapnel
rain down on the Americans,
00:00:28.485 --> 00:00:31.312
but also splinters that were razor sharp
00:00:31.312 --> 00:00:32.965
that could slice through the body.
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Movie Summary
As the end of WWII approaches, diehard Nazi forces fight to the end to stop Allied armies from freeing Europe.
