German soldiers entered World War II believing British troops were weak and unwilling to fight. Through battles from Dunkirk to Normandy, that belief was tested, challenged, and ultimately overturned.
Leutnant Friedrich Lengfeld served as a German company commander during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest in WWII. (1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry) During the bloody battle for Hurtgen Forest in late 1944, a ...