Siegfried Line

The high-explosive shell fired by the mortar company proved just as ineffective against the fortifications around Metz as it had against Siegfried Line installation at Aachen. This result was not surprising 500 and 1,000-pound aerial bombs also bounced harmlessly off the concrete and steel of the fortifications. ... 

As evidence of the severity of fighting against the obstacles of the Sauer and Our Rivers and the Siegfried Line, the companies of the 91st fired for five days from their initial positions. During this period units of the battalion completed twenty-four smoke missions ranging in duration from thirty minutes to nine hours and requiring almost 10,000 rounds of shell. 

QnlO 30th Div, 30 Oct 44, Rpt on Use of Flame Throwers on the Siegfried Line T-17, B, Portable Flame Thrower (Tactical) yth Army. 

B. MacDonald dcicribes the Schnee Eifel engagement in The Siegfried Line Campaign, UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II (Washington,... 

Charles B. MacDonald, The Siegfried Line Campaign (Washington, 1963). 

The European Theater of Operations Cross-Channel Attack Breakout and Pursuit The Lorraine Campaign The Siegfried Line Campaign The Ardennes Battle of the Bulge The Last Offensive... 

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