Denny - no, we did't move further south than Lanzerath and Buchholz Station.
The 26th Infantry’s command post was overrun three times by German tanks. Each time heroic individuals used the limited materials at their...
Dom Bütgenbach [ATTACH] Backside of the building. The low structure to the left is a postwar addition. The Domäne nowadays is in use as a...
Dom Bütgenbach [ATTACH] The old manor of the Domäne Bütgenbach, an ancient stock raising farm. Picture of the site as it was in 1906. During the...
[ATTACH] Another view of the 57mm AT gun. After they had overrun the gun-position, the German infantry turned the gun against the US positions. It...
Dom Bütgenbach One of the factors that decisively contributed to the American succes at Dom Bütgenbach was the deployment of the US 57mm...
Dom Bütgenbach [ATTACH] View to the NE from the same spot as the previous picture. Looking at the forward line of F Co, 2nd Bn, 26th Infantry,...
Dom Bütgenbach The stand of the 26th Infantry at the Domäne Bütgenbach, to the E and SE of the village of Bütgenbach, is another one of the...
[ATTACH] Picture of the two Shermans of the 741st Tank Bn, u/c of Sergeant Miller, that were knocked out at Ruppenvenn.
Ruppenvenn: [ATTACH] Western exit of the Krinkelter Wald, also known as Ruppenvenn. By nightfall on the 17th the KG Müller reached the woods'...
[ATTACH] Many of the slit-trenches are still visible in this area. These ones are located in K Co's position, west of I Co.
Jansbach: [ATTACH] The Schwarzenbruch Trail at the junction with the north-south firebreak, looking east. The Pz Jäger IV of KG Müller (12th SS)...
Jansbach [ATTACH] Same spot as previous photograph. Just past the sharp bend in the 'Schwarzenbruch Trail' the 1st Plt (Lt Goffigon) had...
Jansbach [ATTACH] German perspective: At the bottom of the shallow Jansbach valley looking southwest. Positions of the 3rd and 2nd Plt are indicated.
Jansbach: site of Charles B. MacDonalds action in the Krinkelter Wald (3rd Bn/23rd Infantry) [ATTACH] Sketch Map of the positions along the...
Losheimergraben [ATTACH] Losheimergraben looking east from the crossroads towards the custom houses. The wooded hill behind the custom houses was...
Hollerath: Looking west along the 'Rollbahn A' also known as 'Schwarzenbruch Trail'. After crossing the Belgian border the path broadens a bit and...
Herewith some impressions of the BFT 2013 Ardennes I made last Oct with a group of Officers of the Dutch Army. We visited the northern sector of...
Two more images of the Dreiherrnwald forest where the 3rd Bn/393rd made a gallant stand on 16 and 17 Dec 44 [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Will do my best! Just a teaser: the custom houses at Losheimergraben. The site of the last stand of the 1st Bn, 394th Infantry. Looking down the...
