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The Battle of Hill 400 in December 1944 represents one of the most heroic episodes of the Hurtgen Forest campaign, where the elite 2nd Ranger Battalion successfully captured and defended the strategic German position against overwhelming odds. These battle-hardened Rangers, veterans of D-Day who had previously stormed Omaha Beach and scaled Pointe-du-Hoc, were tasked with seizing Hill 400 near Bergstein after three American infantry divisions and a combat command from the 5th Armored Division had failed. Led by Major George Williams and featuring brave soldiers like Lieutenant Len Lomell of D Company, just 65 Rangers from Companies D and F launched their assault at 0730 hours on December 7, 1944, charging across 100 yards of open terrain under heavy German machine gun fire from the 272nd Volksgrenadier Division.
The Rangers' incredible feat became even more remarkable during the subsequent defense, as they withstood five fierce German counterattacks over 40 hours, including assaults by the elite 6th Parachute Regiment (Fallschirmjagers). Despite being outnumbered 10 to one and facing continuous artillery bombardment on the rocky shale of Hill 400, the Rangers held their positions through sheer determination, tactical brilliance, and crucial American artillery support coordinated by forward observer Lieutenant Howard Kettlehut. The battle cost the 2nd Ranger Battalion heavily, with 107 men wounded, 19 killed, and four missing - a quarter of their original strength - but they achieved what 3,000 armored division troops with tanks could not accomplish. This Hurtgen Forest engagement demonstrated the exceptional capabilities of American Rangers in World War 2, proving that specialized elite units could succeed where conventional forces failed, though the Germans would retake Hill 400 nine days later from the relieving 13th Infantry Regiment.
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