The Battle of the Bulge

The Ardennes, winter '44.
Already more than 60 years ago, and still so present ...

A tribute to all these young men who perished fighting for the freedom we enjoy today.



Description of our one day program:
We leave Dinant and pass by the rocher Bayard where an engraved stone indicates the place where three German soldiers, driving an American Jeep and dressed in American uniforms, jumped on a mine. It is the closest point to the Meuse reached by the Germans during the Offensive of the Ardennes.
At the Celles crossroad we will also see a tank of the 2e Panzer Division.
We drive then towards Bastogne via La Roche-en-Ardenne, almost destroyed by Allied bombardments, at the cost of many civil lifes.
Arriving at the Mardasson, we meet our guide, specialist in the Battle of the Bulge. After the visit of the Memorial and crypt, we set out again for a guided battle field tour of approximately 2 hrs, visiting Bizory - Bois de la Paix - Bois Jacques - Foy - Noville - Recogne - Boggess Fort - Patton Memorial.
We return to the Mardasson, where we also visit the Bastogne Historical Center (BHC) before driving to Dinant.

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Looking for an in-depth program over 2 (or more) days ?

Look no further and contact Dr Andrew Thomson at Dr Thomson's Tours, Canterbury UK, for an offer. Dr Andrew Thomson is History PhD, qualified guide of the Guild of Battlefield Guides, and organizes, just for your group, privately-guided tours. "See" and "feel" the Battle of the Bulge on the very battlefield grounds, as if you were there personally in December 44. A "day by day", "hour by hour", experience you will never forget !

A typical example of Dr Thomson's personalized tour:

Day 1: Lanzarath, Siegfried Line & Peiper's advance
- Drive to and start our tour of the Battle of the Bulge in Lanzarath and Losheim Gap
- cross the German border for a snack lunch nearby
- The 16 December 1944 attack: the Siegfried Line (German-Belgian border) & the Northern Shoulder: Elsenborn Ridge & the "Twin Villages" of Rocherath-Krinkelt
- Peiper's advance: a drive through Stavelot, Trois Ponts & La Gleize, with Tiger II tank on display (incl. Malmedy massacre memorial)
- Check-in to hotel in Bastogne

Day 2: Bastogne
- The northern perimeter (including Band of Brothers sites and foxholes): Foy, Recogne, Bois Jacques, Noville.
Short crossing of the border into the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
- Bastogne: U.S. Memorial (Mardasson) & Bastogne Historical Center (American and German reconstruction scenes; an exceptional collection of authentic equipment and uniforms)
- The southern perimeter (link-up with the 4th Armoured Division)
- Parker's Crossroads (snack lunch)
- Choice of:
(a) La Roche en Ardenne, with the only Battle of the Bulge museum having a British section
or
(b) Celles & Dinant: the westernmost end of the Bulge
- Drive back

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Guided tours by coach, destined to small groups (minimum 12 participants), out of Dinant except otherwise arranged.

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Theme of 
"Band of Brothers"

click =>  http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/089719/089719_01_01_Full_28.asx
(opens in Windows Media Player)

  

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You will find a brief history of the Battle of the Bulge on World War II History Info.
(correct "the Mouse River" in the text by "the Meuse river")

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