Lest We Forget - Relive The Past
The 2nd Infantry Division tenaciously held its position during the Battle of the Bulge, preventing further German attempts to reconquer Belgium. Three days prior to the German Offensive they were attacking towards the Ruhr Dams in Germany. Their attack launched from the borders of Belgium and Germany, but at the time they had no idea […]
Nine years ago, in 2008, Bob Konings and his wife Eveline moved from The Netherlands to the Ardennes. They turned their lives around and started a Bed & Breakfast, Bo Temps, in the little village of Grandmenil, Belgium. At the time Bob did not have a single clue of what happened there during the 2nd […]
On December 16, 24 enemy divisions, 10 of which were armored, launched a massive counterattack in the Ardennes sector, resulting in what became known as the Battle of the Bulge. After coming back from the Aachen area, the Big Red One held the critical shoulder of the “Bulge” at Bullingen, destroying loads of German tanks […]
Book Review: The Dead of Winter I recently received the book The Dead of Winter from a good friend who recommended it to me. It’s written by Bill Warnock who’s the founder of the MIA Project in affiliation with the 99th Infantry Division Association. The book is a must read for battlefield investigators and researchers […]
Most people love to see pictures of the battlefields of World War 2. That’s why I started my Instagram page on the Battle of the Bulge 1,5 years ago, and so far it’s been a succes. Another thing that I’ve always enjoyed with these war-time photo’s was that in some cases, the orginal location of […]
Earlier this year D-Day Overlord published an article on how George G Klein did not land in Pointe du Hoc on D-Day. Instead at the time he was in Northern Ireland with B Battery of the 46th Field Artillery Battalion, attached to the 5th Infantry Division. Instead of judging Klein for covering up his real history […]
After the heavy battles that took place near Overloon from September 30th to October 14th 1944, Venray would be the next town to be liberated. This was the task of the of the British 3rd Infantry Division. In this article I’m not trying to give a factual description of these battles. Instead, I’m trying to […]
Christmas 1944. A day that I believe every veteran of World War 2 remembers. May it be the people he was with, may it be the house stayed at, may it be the foxhole he shared or may it be the meal he at that day. Christmas is a day you simply can’t forget, especially […]
At the Oosterbeek commemmorations I met Sam Miller who got me in contact with all these Arnhem veterans. He made my day an unforgettable one! These men are real heroes and I’m so glad to have met them. I met Denzil Cooper and Frank Ashleigh from the Glider Pilot Regiment. I also met with John […]
Many people travel to Bastogne to visit the former positions of Easy Company near Foy. However, most of these people who travel without a guide are wrong when it comes down to the positions of Easy Company prior to the attack on Foy. Let me explain. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR arrived in the […]
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