The Battle of the Bulge and the massacre of Malmedy

 

A memorial page to remember what happened during the Massacre of Malmedy

 

The historical Center Baugnez

 

The Battle of the Bulge: some facts

 

·  The coldest, snowiest weather “in memory” in the Ardennes Forest on the German/Belgium border.

·  Over a million men, 500.000 Germans, 600.000 Americans (more than fought at Gettysburg) and 55.000 British.

·  3 German armies, 10 corps, the equivalent of 29 divisions.

·  3 American armies, 6 corps, the equivalent of 31 divisions.

·  The equivalent of 3 British divisions as well as contingents of Belgian, Canadian and French troops.

·  100.000 German casualties, killed, wounded or captured.

·   81.000 American casualties, including 23.554 captured and 19.000 killed.

·  1.400 British casualties  200 killed.

·   800 tanks lost on each side, 1.000 German aircraft.

·  The Malmedy Massacre, where 86 American soldiers were murdered, was the worst atrocity committed against American troops during the course of the war II in Europe.
 

In it's entirety, the “Battle of the Bulge,” was the worst battles- in terms of losses -  to the American Forces in WWII.

 

 

And in the center of the Ardennes forest is situated

Hotel La Forge

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