Yes, but we would have to credit the strategist who thought of that plan with incredible powers of foresight.

Who could have foreseen the Huertgen forest was to play the part it did??

In the '30s the Dutch government had their own version of the New Deal, which included the forestation (?) of the south west part of Amsterdam, now known as the Amsterdam Forest. It used to be all meadowland. Maybe the Germans had similar projects to get the unemployed to work, or was the war industry the only thing they could come up with???

BTW, Is Whiting's book on Huertgen usable as a credible source??? I am looking for some good sources on this battle.

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