the Bulge - a trip 2009

[mdj]

Hi,

Last weekend I went 2 days to the lovely Ardennes....Guided with the wonderful book of Jean Paul Pallud (Battle of Bulge then and now) I visited some historical battlefield sites.

I want to share some photo's.

Martin

[mdj]

starting with setting up a camp in the area of Losheimergraben....

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next morning starting early at the crossroads at Losheimergraben...

and then following the Kampfgruppe Peiper route.

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Chapel in Merlscheid

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An ordinary memorial in Lanzerath...



...Up to Buchholz, where a "Wirbelwind" was destroyed.

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famous Honsfeld....

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the innercourt.....

[mdj]

by the way: the house is for sale.....

[mdj]

the route continued to Bullingen and tModerscheid, where 7 soldiers were buried....

The farmer/landowner we spoke to, did not know that there was a graveyard back then in december 1944.





Then to small villages like Schoppen, Ondenval, Thirimont to Baugnez....

[HAF]

Wow great photos

[mdj]

the poor guy, trying to escape but no one is faster than bullets....

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....time to "relax" at the Baugnez museum on site....Great museum and one of the best in the Ardennes.

[mdj]

time was short, so quickly further to Ligneuville, where 8 GI's were killed...






SS Oberfuhrer Mohnke had his command post in Hotel du Moulin.

[mdj]

on the right Otto Skorzeny's crushed vehicle....