The Clervaux Sherman Tank
10 September 2026A gouge in the turret, a scar above the gun mount, a hole between turret and hull. The Sherman below Clervaux castle is the only known surviving 9th A…
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The Defence of Marnach, 16 December 1944
21 August 2026A stone at the crossroads calls the 28th Infantry Division the defender of Marnach. One company of the 110th Infantry held this village on the road to…
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The Barracuda Sherman Tank on McAuliffe Square, Bastogne
17 June 2026Two holes in the armour and four of five crew who came home. The story of Barracuda, the Sherman that has stood on McAuliffe Square in Bastogne since …
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Mentioned in Patton’s Prayer – Alex Kershaw
3 February 2025In 2023, I had the pleasure of guiding acclaimed author Alex Kershaw and his friends on a detailed battlefield tour around Bastogne. We explored key s…
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Battle of the Bulge Battlefield Tours
22 January 2025The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive on the Western Front. Fought in brutal winter conditions, it stretched from Luxembourg to …
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Three countries in one day!
31 March 2024This year I’m expanding my work area a bit to include the Hurtgenwald and the Battle of the Bulge. After reading and studying for months it’s time to …
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Bastogne – Two Day Battlefield Tour
13 October 2021On request I also do a Bastogne / Battle of the Bulge tours and I was asked by a group of friends, which had been on an Arnhem tour last year, to do a…
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The NUTS Cave at the Bastogne Barracks
2 May 2018Visiting the NUTS cave at the Bastogne Barracks, this was the headquarters of the 101st Airborne Division during the siege and the location where Gene…
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The Real Easy Company Foxholes Bois Jaques – Bastogne
2 May 2018The real foxholes that were once manned by Easy Company, Band of Brothers during the siege of Bastogne.
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Mardasson Memorial Bastogne
2 May 2018A short visit to the massive Mardasson Memorial at Bastogne, built to commemorate the American forces that fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
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This Castle Was The Bastogne HQ of the 502nd PIR – 101st Airborne
2 May 2018Welcome to Château de Rolley, the headquarters of the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment during the siege of Bastogne.
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WWII Veterans Throw Nuts At Crowd In Bastogne!
2 May 2018On December 16th, 2017, handfuls of walnuts were thrown from a town hall balcony to the crowd below, as is the custom every year.
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