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    The Battle of the Bulge - Luxembourg 2006

    Hi all

    Well as you guys know by now, I do some "stand where they fought" tours on a regular basis. As a collector of german paratrooper documents, my main interest on those tours are on the Fallschirmjaeger, in specific the FJR 15.

    So I just returned from my trip to Luxembourg, where I was on the tracks of FJR 15 and the 5th FJD. The first pics is taken 07.30 A.M and shows one of the bridges (Steinbogenbr******252;cke )over the Our near Vianden. Here some boats of the paratrooper of Fallschirmpionier Btl 5 overturned due to flood and some troopers drawned. This was the crossing point mainly for 1st Btl / FJR 15 together with the bridge in the town itself.
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    Last edited by Jürg; 10-01-2006, 01:49 PM.
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    http://standwheretheyfought.jimdo.com/

    #2
    Vianden

    the whole 15th Rgt crossed the river Our also on a damaged railroad bridge. Further down at Tot and der Our was Poton-bridge which was buid by Fallschirm-Pioniere of the Fsch Pi. Btl 5, This bridge was called "The Gröschke Bridge". Here is the bridge in the town Vianden it self.
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      #3
      Vianden castle

      Here is a pic of the Vianden castle. This was an observer post from the US troops during the attack and most of the opposing fire against the german paratroopers came from the smal US garrison of 36 soldiers. The garrison was wiped out around 11 A.M on December 16 1944 by the 4th Comp. of Fallschirmpionier Btl 5 under Lt. Prigge .The Fallschirmjaeger continued their advance.



      As you can see in the first two pics of Vianden, it was quite fogy in teh morning and the castle could not bee seen in the morning due to the fog. So I cam back in the late afternoon to take this shot.

      More to come soon

      J******252;rg
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      Last edited by Jürg; 10-01-2006, 01:47 PM.
      Strength and Honour
      http://standwheretheyfought.jimdo.com/

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        #4
        Hallo Jürg

        The fogy pics are very nice, they have something mystic, you are just
        awaiting the paratroopers coming out from the fog, crossing the bridge

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          #5
          Hoscheid

          Now after the successful crossing of the Our, the unit of my veteran friend attacked Hoscheid where 38 US soldier died during the fighting.
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            #6
            Hoscheid

            Here the church and where the memorial is located. The Heavy Mortar Btl 5 stayed several days in Hoscheid and was under constant fighter-bomber attacks before the moved out.
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            Last edited by Jürg; 10-01-2006, 02:14 PM.
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              #7
              Goebelsmühle / Sauer bridges

              After Hoscheid we went down to the Sauer gorge and the tiny down of Goebelsmühle. This is the road coming down from Hoscheid.
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                #8
                Sauer Gorge near Goebelsmühle

                Here is the river Sauer and the bridge at Goebelsm******252;hle. The view is in direction Bourscheid. I love the fog it looks like back in 1944
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                  #9
                  Goebelsmühle

                  Now on December 17 1944, the 5th Comp., I./FJR 15 took a Raid into Goebelsmühle to seize the Sauer bridge for the tanks. This raid was qualified for the close combat clasp. There, the paratroopers have been engaged in a short but severe firefight against soldiers of the US combat Engineer Batl 35. The paratroopers than seized a inn just near the Sauer river to take a rest.

                  On the pic you can see the former inn near the Sauer river.
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                    #10
                    Schumanns Eck Crossroad

                    After Goebelsmühle we visited one of the most hard-fought places of the Bulge - the Schumanns Eck crossroad.
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                      #11
                      Schumanns Eck

                      The fighting around the Schumann crossroad was one of the bloodiest sites of the Battle of the Bulge. Here the following allied units fought a severe battle againts the german paratroopers.
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                        #12
                        Memorial

                        Here at Schumanns Eck on December 18, 1944 around 11 P.M. as well as on December 19 1944 at dawn around 5 P.M., US troops of the 28th US Inf Div under Norman Cota, tried to escape to Bastogne coming from Wiltz. The US troops went into hell! Soldiers of 1st Comp. Fallschirm Btl 5 under Lt Sander already seized the place and shot the Americans with MG42 and Panzerfausts to pieces.

                        The memorial as well as the memorial trail leads along the foxeholes in the woods around the Schumanns Eck where numerous American and German soldiers fought and died during the battle of Wiltz and the battle of the Bulge 1944 - 1945

                        After the paratroopers moved on, soldiers of the 9th Volksgrenadier Div. dug themself in. On December 30, the 26th US Inf. Div came to the Schumann crossroad and found severe resistance from the Volksgrenadiers. The place turned into a trench war and there was severe fighting in some cases hand to hand combat. Due to this decision to attach the 9 VGD to the 7th German Army for actions against Wiltz, the area around Caf******233; Schumann and the crossroad became the bloodiest fighting place of the Battle of the Bulge on Luxembourg soil.

                        The 9th VGD had also fire support from Hetzer tanks of the Panzerj******228;ger Abt 9 of the 9th VGD. Every attemp made by the US to get the Schumann failed and the US troops suffered severe casualties. But also the germans had severe casualties. I. Btl. 36th Gren, Rgt of the 9th VGD lost 40% alreaday after the first engagement.
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                        Last edited by Jürg; 10-02-2006, 06:54 AM.
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                          #13
                          Massengrab Memorial

                          This memorial is named "Massegraf" (mass grave), located at the exact site, where over 160 German soldiers and several American soldiers had been temporarily buried together in 1945 pending removal and reburial. The escape fighting took place until December 20, 1944. On that day Capt Kimmelmann and his group of wounded soldiers became POW of the germans after they surrendered.
                          The plaque is dedicated to "ALL SOLDIERS" killed in the woods around Schumanns Eck.
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                          Last edited by Jürg; 10-03-2006, 07:31 AM.
                          Strength and Honour
                          http://standwheretheyfought.jimdo.com/

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                            #14
                            Trenches Wiltz woods

                            In the woods around the Schumanns Eck a lot of foxholes can be found. Here is one of the bigger ones.
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                              #15
                              Trench Wiltz woods

                              Here a trench in the woods around Schumann
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