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    #16
    Thank you for those pics Ferdinand W. !!..i did go and visit the Bois Jacs Forest in the Ardennes september 2007 and found it to be so peaceful, wilst walking thru that section of woods i was amazed to think what went on in winter of 44'.
    Bastogne 44.JPG

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      #17
      Thanks to Nico for starting this and reminding me - I should have been thinking about the Ardennes but I was in Hawaii; too warm to think about December 1944! And thanks to others for the photos.

      64 years ago today Kampfgruppe Peiper was getting their butts kicked in La Gleize, losing three of their King Tiger tanks to enemy fire.

      Best,
      Greg
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        #18
        Malmedy

        Malmedy .. 17th December ....

        Remembering the Liberators who never saw the freedom they fought for.

        Gary J.
        Last edited by Gary Jucha; 12-23-2008, 03:33 AM.

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          #19
          Yesterday, 22 December, 64 years ago, we remembered the historical words of the acting commander of the US forces in Bastogne, General McAuliffe, when hearing the German question for the Americans to surrender:



          "NUTS"

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            #20
            Die Deutsche Wochenshau about the battle of the Bulge:

            part 1

            http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYLo2bJhAnE


            On 1.37 min you see the attack of KG Peiper on Stoumont.

            2.03 min shows us Sturmbannfuhrer Poetschke with the KC around his neck, picking up a Panzerfaust.

            On 4.34 min, we see the commander of 1 SS Panzer Dvision, Wilhelm Mohnke, standing upright in a Kublewagen.



            part 2

            http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=6rjtFurTyv8


            At 3.23, operation Bodenplatte, the last major attack of the Luftwaffe in the West.

            3.50: a LW pilot with KC showing



            Best,

            Nico

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              #21
              Massacre at Bande, 24th December 1944

              64 years ago, on Christmass Eve:


              " On Christmas Eve, a unit of the German SD (Sicherheitsdienst) set about arresting all men in the village. They were questioned about the events of September 5 (on September 5, 1944, a unit of Belgian marquis attacked a German unit, killing three soldiers. Two days later the American troops arrived in the area and the Germans retreated. Three months later, during the Ardennes Offensive, the village of Bande was retaken), then lined up in front of the local cafe.

              One by one, they were led to an open door and as they entered a shot rang out. An SD man, positioned just inside the door, fired point blank into the victims neck and with a kick sent the body hurtling into the open cellar.

              After twenty had been killed this way, it was the turn of 21 year old Leon Praile who decided to make a run for it. With bullets flying around him, he escaped into the woods.

              Meantime the executions continued until all 34 men had been killed... .

              On January 10, 1945, the village of Bande was liberated by British troops and the massacre was discovered.
              A Belgian War Crimes Court was set up in December 1944.

              One man, a German speaking Swiss national by the name of Ernst Haldiman, was identified as being a member of the execution squad. He had joined the SS in France on November 15, 1942 and in 1944 his unit was integrated with other SD units, into No. 8 SS Commando for Special Duties.
              Haldiman was picked up in Switzerland after the war and brought to trial before a Swiss Army Court.

              On April 28, 1948, he was sentenced to twenty years in prison. He was released on parole on June 27, 1960, the only member of the SS Commando unit that has been brought to trial."

              (taken from 'Massacres and Atrocities of WWII in Western Europe')

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                #22
                May they rest in peace:

                Muller Clement, 25years.
                Tounay Xavier, 19y.
                Maitrejean Edmond, 18y.
                Gouverneur Andre, 17y.
                Michel Armand, 21y.
                Maree Richard, 23y.
                Lambert Gaston, 31y.
                Magonette Fernand, 21y.
                Marchal Albert, 28y.
                Rene Victor, 28y.
                Hardy Roger, 20y.
                Poncin Joseph, 18y.
                Volvert Albert, 17y.
                Duchene Octave, 18y.
                Duchene Joseph, 20y.
                Smitz Paul, 17y.
                Guissart Florent, 21y.
                Leroy Alphonse, 18y.
                Girs Fernand, 21y.
                Petron Louis, 26y.
                Girs Georges, 20y.
                De Garde Jean, 24y.
                Daco Donia, 24y.
                Parmentier Joseph, 19y.
                Lambert Herman, 22y.
                Lassance Andre, 22y.
                Lassance Fernand, 18y.
                Lambert Lucien, 22y.
                Malempre Georges, 27y.
                Malempre Raymond, 23y.
                Henkinet Joseph, 27y.
                Noel Jules, 20y.
                Bourgeois Andre, 20y


                Amen.

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                  #23
                  Very touching.
                  Thankyou for posting Nico C.

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                    #24
                    On the 27th, the first Shermans of the 4th Armored came rolling in into Bastogne, since the encirclement was broken the day before.
                    The siege was over.


                    Around midnight on the 27th, General Harmon of the 2nd Armored Division was making the bill of the battle between his division and the 2nd Panzer, which lasted for 2 days:

                    1200 Germans captured, 2500 wounded or death Germans, 88 tanks destroyed, 75 heavy guns captured and another 400 vehicles destroyed or captured.

                    The 2nd Panzer was as good as completely destroyed, almost reaching the river Meuse...

                    The Germans would come any closer than this.

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                      #25
                      I like the Ardennes as much as my wife

                      Its always really great to drive trough the nice/ cosy villages and the historical grounds....

                      just love it. I wish I had a little place there

                      martin

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                        #26
                        Today, early in the morning, 64 years ago, the LW launched its last big air offensive, aimed at the allied airbases in Belgium and Holland.

                        In all, 1,035 aircraft were deployed from several Jagdgeschwadern, Kampfgeschwadern and Schlachtgeschwadern. Of these approximately 900 aircraft were fighters and fighter-bombers.

                        The Luftwaffe lost 143 pilots killed and missing, while 70 were captured and 21 pilots wounded, including three Geschwaderkommodore, five Gruppenkommandeure, and 14 Staffelkapitäne - the largest single-day loss for the Luftwaffe.
                        The operation was a Pyrrhic success for the Luftwaffe as the losses suffered by the German air arm were irreplaceable.

                        A total of 495 Allied aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Most of the targeted airfields remained out of action for up to two weeks following the attack.





                        In Chenogne, on New Year's Day 1945, some 60 German POWs were shot in cold blood by their American guards, B Company, 21st Armored Infantry Battalion, 11th Armored Division.
                        The guilt went unpunished.

                        May they also rest in peace, like all the others, American and German alike.

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Ferdinand W. View Post
                          Hello Nico - Hi to All,

                          thanks for starting this thread - I'm also never forgetting this time of the year when the Battle of the Bulge raged over the hills of snowy Luxembourg and Belgium...
                          Every year this is my special time to think about what happened up there and to remember those who fought there during the winter of 1944/45.
                          The BotB is my main collecting field.
                          I often visit the battle-sites in winter - a very special feeling walking through the woods in the Ardennes now......

                          Perhaps you are interested in reading a story of mine:

                          http://yd-info.net/page8/page29/index.html

                          FW
                          Today, January 6th is the 64th anniversary of Phil Weis' death at Café Schumann, Geheyloch Woods - Luxembourg Ardennes.

                          In Proud Memory,

                          Ferd
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                            #28
                            37555522

                            Dogtags with N° 37555522 and grave inscription.

                            I found the dogtags at the spot where Phil got killed -
                            I was born in 1955 and found the IDs in 1977 at the age of 22 !
                            Very strange "coincidence" - isn't it ??!

                            Ferd W.
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                              #29
                              Volksgrenadier?

                              Hi all,

                              I am Nathan, I am 15, I live in the U.K! We've had snow! Only 3 Inches or less though! Ha!

                              I am ready for the Ardennes! Bring It On!!

                              http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/h...t=P1010325.jpg

                              http://s255.photobucket.com/albums/h...t=P1010324.jpg

                              All the best,
                              Nathan

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                                #30
                                Ready for the Ardennes

                                Hi Nathan,

                                great pictures - well equipped, nice stuff you are wearing there.
                                But are you also prepared to heavy shelling, no food, muddy
                                & cold foxholes etc. ?
                                Booby traps, sniper-fire and trench-foot.....

                                Happy wintertime !

                                Ferd
                                Last edited by Ferdinand W.; 01-07-2009, 08:47 AM.

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