The Ardennes, also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Ger
Landscape of Frahan inside the bend of the Semois
Morphologically connected mountains of Ardennes and Eifel, framed by the rivers Semois, Meuse, Moselle and Rhine. The highest elevation is the Hohe Acht at 746.9 m above sea level. NHN
Arduenna silva between Maas und Rhein
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and referred to by the Germans as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was an offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War,
Ardennes
…the site of three major battles during the world wars: the Battle of the Ardennes (August 1914) in World War I, the Battle of France (1940), and the Battle of the Bulge (1944–1945) in World War II. Many of the towns of the region suffered severe damage during the two world wars and its various battles. Allied generals…
American soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, part of the 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5A1 "Stuart" tank on their advance to recapture the town of St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.
American troops marching through a snowy field under mist near Krinkelt, 1944
Sepp Dietrich led the Sixth Panzer Army in the northernmost attack route.
Scene of the Malmedy massacre