"Nuts" weekend in december in Bastogne ( Belgium )
Every second or thirth weekend of december is there in Bastogne (Belgium) a remembrance weekend for the Battle of the Bulge. That's with re-enacting stuff. And every five years, that means in december 2014, is there a new special remembrance weekend with military vehicles, jeeps, trucks, tanks and many re-enacting soldiers who's doing on sunday afternoon a parade to all the soldiers who fougt in the Battle of the Bulge. Here are my photo's from 2009
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
I have no doubt, that Allied forces also occasionally used TR vehicles, but are there any historical documentation for the 'borrowed' Kübelwagen?
I wonder, if they modelled it after a pic or if the Kübel was just what they had?
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Excellent! I bet that brings back memories for some of the local old timers !
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
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fantastics picsthanks for sharing,regards minnie.
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I recent that! Just because Ade goes to France seven or eight times (okay, so 65 times) in his Jeep, it doesnt mean, that he is an old timer!!by Woolgar
Super! I was hoping for something like that.
Man, you are fast out of the starting blocks with pics & info, thanks.
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Didn't know about the special remembrance weekend, thanks for the info. Last year I did the 25 km remembrance walk, you walk along al kind of army camp site's. There was a little village taken over by German re-enactors, I wonder what the locals thought of that. This year I will do the walk again. Hotels in Bastogne were al ready fully booked in september. Some picture's;
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hello, that walk is on saturday and the day after on sunday is the rest in the center of Bastogne......
greets,
poele
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Great to see those picks. My wife and I were there in 2004 for the 60th Anniversary. The did the parade through town during evening hours, though, so we didn't get great shots like yours! We plan on going in 2014 as well (after all, Bastogne is only 4.5 hours away from us). Thanks for posting.
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