SALM AND “DU SAILLANT” BATTLE MUSEUM (DEC 44 - JAN 45) - Grand-Halleux Belgium

By admin ( September 16, 2012 at 11:08 pm) · Filed under History forum

cool militariaOn 16th December 1944, the German troops launched an offensive in the Belgian Ardennes and the north of Luxembourg. This battle, also named "du saillant" battle, because of the front line shape after the German breakthrough, was the biggest and the deadliest one for the American army during the second world war. In the Salm valley, the fighting between the American paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne and the German soldiers (1st SS PZD and 9th SS PZD) made a lot of civilian and military victims.

The small museum is in a barn, which was an infirmary for the German soldiers, injured in the fighting of Grand-Halleux. It presents on three levels, several dioramas and many items: weapons, uniforms, helmets,…

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