World War II: In support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hürtgen_Forest" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Hürtgen Forest">Battle of Hürtgen Forest</a>, the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Düren" id="mwuA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Düren">Düren</a> is destroyed by Allied aircraft.