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, […]
Sergeant Adam A Wegrzyn was Killed in Action on December 24, 1944, when his Company, Co E, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division, had their first day of combat in ‘the Bulge’. The 2nd Bn attacked on the left flank between Breitweiler and Consdorf through the Mullerthal Draw toward Berdorf Company F and Company G […]
On January 10 1945, near Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, Alex M. Penkala was sharing a foxhole with Warren H. ‘Skip’ Muck. On that day in January their foxhole received a direct hit from a German 88mm FLAK gun. Both men are portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The series is […]
On January 21st 2018 the first annual Battle of the Bulge Memorial Walk of our group will start in the village of Berdorf, Luxembourg. Here we will follow the 4th and 5th Infantry Division’s history in the Battle of the Bulge. The route will pass through many historical sites and we come across very interesting […]
In December the 4th Infantry Division shifted to Luxembourg, only to meet the German Army’s winter Ardennes Offensive head-on starting on 16 December 1944. Although its lines were dented, it managed to hold the Germans at Dickweiler, Osweiler, and partly in the Berdorf area. They heroicaly managed to keep the Germans from breaking through and waited for […]
Personal stories about the war are very fascinating. Reading or listening to them makes you feel part of the memory as you try to imagine what it must’ve been like for men to experience the war. That’s why I created a list of 5 books that you should read! They are memoirs of different veterans […]
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