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194416 December 1944–25 January 1945 · Bastogne, Luxembourg province

Battle of the Bulge

The star-shaped Mardasson Memorial at Bastogne, Belgium
Photo: Marc Ryckaert. CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hitler's last major offensive in the west struck thinly held American lines in the snowbound Ardennes, aiming for the port of Antwerp. The surrounded US 101st Airborne and other units held the road junction of Bastogne until Patton's Third Army broke through. It was the costliest battle of the war for the US Army, and Germany's reserves never recovered.

Sites

  1. Site 1: Bastogne War Museum and Mardasson MemorialStar-shaped American memorial and a museum on the siege.Map ↗
  2. Site 2: Luxembourg American CemeteryGeneral Patton's grave among some 5,000 American soldiers.Map ↗

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