It was stupid to ever go in there. We should have gone around it where our superior mobility and complete air dominance would have played a much bigger role. These were both negated by fighting in that thick forest which suited the Germans just fine.
A thick forest with artillery and mortar rounds landing in the treetops, blowing lethal splinters down. And the mountains itself was covered with thin plates of slick oily shale that would not give traction. Daily gains could be measured in inches. Meanwhile, at the top, the Germans were in good reinforced positions.
And, in the midst of it all was the heaviest fog Europe had seen in over a hundred years.
It has been suggested that the planners did not know how to read a topographical map.
Reminds me of much of the fighting in Italy. Gen Clark and his desire for taking Rome to help his career.