I've already posted these on WW2 Talk.
My Ardennes Trip, February 2008 - World War 2 Talk

But for those of you that haven't seen them, here you are....


La Gleize King Tiger.
On two different days.
I accidentally deleted the front view I took so had to pop back and retake some more.
It was the only wet day we had that's why some photos are in sunshine others in drizzle.

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Here are some from Trois Ponts, memorials to the Us Army that fought there, the Belguim civilians killed there , a few "Then & Nows" from 1940, from ATB Blitzkrieg In The West and a GMC that was outside the supermarket on Friday.
Read about the 51st Engineers here.
http://www.usace.army.mil/publicatio...1-38/basic.pdf






















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Monday was a trip to Stavelot as well as WW2 memorials there is a great MotorSport Musem there.
The circuit of Spa-Francorchamps is just up the road.
I included the photo of a pre-war Belgium motorbike combination for any bike nuts out there.

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Tuesday we headed off to the British area of the Bulge battlefield calling in to see the Panther of the 2nd SS Panzer Division at Grandmesnil.
As you can see it was a glorious day of winter sunshine.

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Here is the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division memorial at Hotton.
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At Hotton I did a few more 1940 Then & Nows from ATB Blitzkrieg In The West.

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On the road to Laroche from Hotton I was able to do this 1940 Then & Now too.

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Outside la Roche is this memorial to the dead of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division.







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Not far from the 51st Highland Memorial is "Northampton", an Achilles, of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry.
Viewed from the castle "Northampton" is just under the white "X".







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Viewed from "Northampton" we can see an American Sherman in the carpark, "X" marks the spot.


Down in the car-park it looks like this.

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Not far from the Sherman is the memorial to the link up between the British 51st Highland and American 84th Divisions.

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Stopped off at Parker's Cross-roads.

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Lienne Creek.
On the Trail of Kampfgruppe Peip


Quote:
Peiper's column was delayed by air attacks, and it was dark by the time his tanks wound their way down the hill toward the bridge over the Lienne creek. Another squad of the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion had beaten him there and prepared the wooden Neufmolin bridge for demolition, and blew it when the Germans were about 100 meters away. This is the location where Peiper is said to have cried in frustration, "The damned engineers! The damned engineers!"

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Up to Werbomont where 82nd Airborne formed up before heading off to do battle.
The 25 Pdr I think is a post-war Belguim one as the muzzle brake isn't WW2 vintage.

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Sherman at Vielsalm.

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Great stuff WW, love the King Tiger. Strange how on all the tanks you see clusters of peppering by small-arms etc, you can just imagine some panicked machine gunner blazing ineffectually at the side of the tank.

Again, great stuff and thanks for posting.

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There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

Hi Wessex, thank you very much for sharing these photo's as well as the information you provided.

On that War Memorial above-the one with the approximately: 141 names of G.I's killed in the area, I know at least 2-3 of these men killed there, are from my hometown as their names are on our War Memorial located there at the County Courthouse. There was many-a-time when I would stop by and pay these Gents my fullest respect. In total for WWII, the losses of our guys killed in action through WWII are about 300-many were killed both at Pearl Harbor and in the Battle of the Bulge.

I have not thought much about this in years, thanks for bringing it back to the forfront of my thoughts and memories.

Take care and best Regards--Carl.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

Hi Wessex some great pictures here, the tanks are really well preserved and restored with love by the Belgians. Some canons and a great Halftrack too. I love the left hand drive notice!
I see you are getting hooked up to the now and thens too. Good work. You must either have a patient or passionate familly to be able to come back with so many pictures.

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Wow, WW!
All these great pics made me feel as if I was there myself! I have to admit seeing the damage done to the tanks got to me a little bit. Especially the Sherman with the gaping hole in the front. It made me think of the brave men who fought inside of it.
Thanks again!

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Members of the Dutch Resistance with 101st AB, Eindhoven. Operation Market Garden.

Scott

A++ for you. I don't care what they say about the King Tiger, it is a beautiful machine

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American by birth, TEXAN by the grace of GOD!

What a neat thread, WW - great pics!

-Lou

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