Lest We Forget - Relive The Past
Berdorf was taken by the 2nd Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Regiment on December 26, 1944. The surrounding hills north of the town provided an excellent view over the Sauer River valley which was also the border between Luxembourg and Germany. Taking the high ground north of Berdorf was strategically important to keep the an […]
The Story Behind One of the Most Famous Battle of the Bulge Photographs Iconic PhotographUS Army Signal Corps Photographer Emil Edgren was sent together with movie man Herb Shannon to the 82nd Airborne Division as the Battle of the Bulge started in December 1944. ‘We were to report with the 82nd Airborne as the Battle […]
The 99th Infantry Battalion (separate) was a battalion of Norwegian-speaking soldiers. They were originally formed to act as an invasion force in case there was going to be combat in Norway. They saw combat in France, Belgium and Germany. During the Battle of the Bulge the 99th Battalion operated together with the 526th Armored Infantry […]
We are proud to announce the release of our very first 60-minute WWII documentary. The Ghost Plane of La Fosse features Victor Yansenne, who saw a US B-24 Liberator crash just outside his hometown of La Fosse, Belgium at the age of six on December 25, 1944. He saw two parachutes coming down to earth […]
The series of photographs of a strafed ambulance of the 5th Infantry Division is well known to people interested in this American unit of the US Army. According to the original captions and several books, the American ambulance crashed and burnt out after it had been strafed by an aircraft behind combat lines near Gonderange, […]
Little is known about most Signal Corps Photographic units that were attached to US Armored and Infantry Divisions. These Signal Photographic Companies were divided into smaller detachments. Detachment No. 6 of the 166th Signal Photographic Company was a group of seven photographers who followed the 5th Division during its combat on the European front, and […]
Military Mapping: The Grid System One of the newest inventions in military map making was the use of grids and coordinates. Up to the First World War, firing techniques for field artillery was one of “trial and error.” This meant that an artillery battery had to shoot itself in. It registered on its target by […]
Mapping the World War: The Power of a Two-Dimensional Battlefield In 2019 I wrote my Master’s Thesis about Military Maps in WWI & WWII with the title: ‘Mapping the World Wars: The Power of a Two-Dimension Battlefield.’ Some of you may immediately recognize the importance of military maps in warfare. In my thesis I attempted […]
Today is the 76th Anniversary of the Sauer Crossing near Diekirch which took place in the early hours January 18, 1945. On January 18, 1945, the XII Corps made a coordinated attack on the Sauer front. The 5th Infantry Division was tasked with taking the city of Diekirch. Time for the crossing was set at […]
In the past few posts I’ve been talking about a few personal stories of men of the 2nd Infantry Regiment who gave their lives in their first two combat days during the Bulge (Dec 24 & 25). During those days the Regiment managed to advance Breitweiler and Consdorf to the woods south of Berdorf. It […]
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