Battle of Aachen

The was a major combat action of World War II, fought by American and German forces in and around Aachen, Germany, between 12 September to 21 October 1944. It was the first German city to be captured by the Allied Powers. The battle is featured in Call of Duty: Finest Hour and Call of Duty: WWII, both following the perspective of the US 1st Infantry Division.
==Call of Duty: Finest Hour==
In Call of Duty: Finest Hour, the battle is featured in the missions "First City to Fall", "Underground Passage" and "Surrender at Aachen", during the last day of 21 October. Sergeant Chuck Walker led his squad of Able Company, including Benny Church, during these missions. The squad took cover using M12 motor carriages. They were flanked by the Germans coming out from the sewers but eventually suppressed these threats. The M12s made it up to a medieval building and fired on it, leading to the end of the Battle of Aachen.
==Call of Duty: WWII==
In Call of Duty: WWII, the battle is featured in the mission "Collateral Damage", during 18 October. After the Liberation of Paris, the 1st Infantry Division was led by Colonel Davis to capture the city of Aachen with armored support from the 745th Tank Battalion. The American infantry were outgunned and outnumbered so they called in armored support from Staff Sergeant Augustine Perez and his squadmate Rabson. The assault on the Stadttheater was successful but Rabson was killed in action. The 1st Infantry Division moved towards the hotel and were ambushed several times. After capturing the hotel they found a dozen or so German civilians underground, including two sisters, Anna and Erica. The civilians were evacuated but Anna had returned to the basement looking for a stuffed animal. Pvt. Daniels quickly extracted her from the hotel. Despite taking enemy fire, the civilians were loaded into a truck under Lt. Turner's orders. As it was moving out, German fire strafed the truck and killed Erica.
==Trivia==
* The "Hotel Allendorf" depicted in Call of Duty: WWII is visually based upon the Hotel Quellenhof which was fought over as one of the last holdouts of German resistance in the Battle of Aachen. It was eventually surrendered by German forces to the 26th Infantry Regiment.
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