In this post I will try to take you on a battlefield tour of the Battle of the Bulge! In August this year I visited the Hoesdorf Plateau and walked a historic route with different historical sites! The “Hoesdorf Plateau” is a historic circuit that tells you the Story of the 109th Infantry Regiment during the early […]
Did I just visit the battlefields? It was the first question I had after visiting the Bastogne Ardennes 44 Museum. Bastogne counts three museums at the moment and this was the only one I didn’t visit yet. The museum starts just like some other museums out there. Mannequins and lots of items are exhibited over the […]
During war the most unusual things can happen at most the dangerous situations. This particular story is about the 2nd infantry regiment during the Battle of the Bulge. The moment is described in the book: A foot soldier for Patton “The story of a “Red Diamond” infantryman with the US Third Army” by Michael C. Bilder […]
On the last day of our holiday in Luxembourg we made a visit to the Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes in La Roche, Belgium. La Roche was bombed during the Battle of the Bulge and fierce fights took place in and around the village. Just outside the center you will find two tanks: An M4A1 […]
Last summer me and my dad went for a holiday trip to Luxembourg! We do this every year, simply because we love the country. We’ve visited museums and battlefields during the day and in the evening we enjoyed all the good food the country has to offer. On my trip I’ve taken photographs and videos […]
This museum has one of the biggest collection out there when it comes to World War 2 collectibles. From vehicles to personal gear to rations, this museum has it all! Besides the big collection, the museum also focus on the troops that fought here during the Battle of the Bulge. They give a lot of […]
“The most relics I’ve ever seen in a single museum” That’s what me and my dad said after visiting the Patton Memorial Museum in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg. During the Battle of the Bulge Ettelbruck saw heavy fightings between German and U.S. troops. For more than a month the area was part of what the germans called […]
On March 27th 2014 the new Bastogne War Museum opened it’s doors. I was lucky to visit it a few weeks after the opening. All I can say is that I had an amazing new experience of the battle of the bulge. The battles around Bastogne is told from four different perspectives. That from a […]
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