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Story
During the German Offensive in the Ardennes, which took place in the winter of 1944 to 45, part of the front line stretc...
It was here that, between 23 to 24 December 1944, Private First Class Melvin E Biddle, US 82nd Airborne Division, took p...
On 26 to 27 December 1944, with the German winter offensive in the Ardennes, Hitler’s last gamble, American forces tried...
Museum
Lost in the middle of a sprawling forest, the village of Brûly-de-Pesche in Namur could have forever remained just anoth...
Monument
On 23 December 1944, the German 2nd SS ‘Das Reich’ Panzer Division continued their advance towards the village of Manhay...
Florennes Air Base was captured by the German Army in 1940 and then used by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) until Septe...
Cemetery
Within the communal cemetery in the town of Florennes is a Commonwealth War Grave Commission plot containing 75 burials....
The memorial commemorates and remembers the soldiers of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of t...
The Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History, located in the Jubelpark (Jubileepark) in Brussels, presents ...
Battlefield
“Band of Brothers” was the famous name given to Company E, 2nd Battalion, US 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. The C...
“Band of Brothers” was the famous name given to Company E, 2nd Battalion, US 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. They f...
On 24 December 1944, the German 2nd SS ‘Das Reich’ Panzer Division entered the small village of Grandmenil in the muni...
On the night of 9-10 October 1944, Canadian troops surprised German defences in Zeeland Flanders. The 9th Canadian Infan...
Audiospot
On the 11th of April 1945, Heino is in a liberation daze as the Canadian liberation army has surrounded the Germans. The...
After the Battle of Normandy, the US 1st Infantry Division (‘Big Red One’) participated in the liberation of Belgium, p...
The Hotel Genten was destroyed in December 1944. It was located on what is now the parking lot next to Hotel Pip. In the...
The winter of 1944 to 1945 brought the violence of war to the south east of Belgium. During the Battle of the Bulge, US ...
Saint-Symphorien is a village southeast of Mons on the road to Binche. On the periphery of 3rd AD operations, it suffere...
The Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial can be found in Neupré, Wallonia. The Memorial is a stone structure bearing ...
Fortification
This seven-storey observation tower was built by German prisoners of war. The tower is just one the Nazi fortifications ...
On 28 June 1940, two days before Guernsey became occupied by German troops, this pier, known as ‘White Rock’, was bombed...
The French Military Cemetery in Venafro symbolically represents the important contribution made by French soldiers durin...