Table of Data Points

Tag : Belgium

1945-01-11La Roche-en-Ardenne

After heavy allied bombing and many civillian casualties, British forces recapture La Roche en Ardenne.

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1945-01-01Chenogne Massacre

Several dozen German prisoners of war were killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne in retaliation for the Malmedy massacre.

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1945-01-01Unternehmen Bodenplatte

The final major Luftwaffe offensive during the war and a massive effort to disable allied air power in the low countries. The effort was ultimately a pyrrhic tactical success. Allied losses were replaced in weeks.

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1944-12-26Third army breaks through

Elements of General George Patton's Third Army, spearheaded by Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams commanding the 4th Armored Division's 37th Armor Regiment, succeeded in punching through to Bastogne, reaching the lines of the 326th Engineers.

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1944-12-24Battle of the Bulge

The furthest westward penetration made by the German attack was by the 2nd Panzer Division of the Fifth Panzer Army, coming to less than 16 km of the Meuse River.

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1944-12-201944-12-27Siege of Bastogne

Bastogne, a vital road junction in the Ardennes mountain range, was a vital objective for German forces during the Battle of the Bulge. 101st, 10th and 705th battalion troops held the town, until they were relieved by elements of Patton's 3rd Army.

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1944-12-17Malmedy

Eighty eight American prisoners of war are murdered by their German captors. The massacre was committed by Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division).

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1944-12-16Initial Assault

In the north The 6th SS Panzer Army assaulted the Losheim Gap and the Elsenborn Ridge in an effort to break through to Lige. In the center The 5th Panzer Army attacked towards Bastogne and St. Vith. in the South The 7th Army pushed towards Luxembourg.

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1944-10-241944-11-08Operation Infatuate

The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division is forced to fight it's away across the 40 metre wide Walcheren Causeway, a mile-long land bridge from South Beveland to the island. German troops hold the island until the 8th of November.

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1944-03-24The Great Escape

76 prisoners of Stalag Luft III escape. 73 are subsequently recaptured and 50 are murdered by the Gestapo on Hitler's orders.

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