Now & Then.. Ardennes Iconic Image Journey..

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Alex, these are great, thank you! Some really nice vehicles there.

Cheers, Ade.

[WeyAx]

Hey Adrian,

but not only pretty vehicles:


Maquis???

A nice little Boulangerie


German standard




Under new mangement



In the outskirts of Recogne a little earth-bunker


Then we marched down into Cobru, a little village under german conquer

not only with a sign of a Verbandsplatz

also with Luftwaffe-Flak units and their vehicles




and an authentic Lager in the cold Ardennes





Flakstellung

In service


Ohne Mampf keinen Kampf




Watching the crossings


A bad guy


MG-Post towards recogne

Searching for the hospital


again a little church as Verbandsplatz





Instruction of the Sanitäters


In front of the german HQ


New old stock


The lovely Halbkette


German Bikers for the Endsieg


and her trailers


Men, it was so could, only the Gulasch-Kanone was hot


Volkswagen for the german Wehrmacht-Volk


A dangerous crossyard


A Luftwaffe dispatch rider in the HQ trying to get instructions for the Flak in the Erdkampf




Rest will follow

[mayfiebl]

very interesting stuff

[packin9]

Thanks for showing. A great time for sure! Ron

[WeyAx]

Yes, it was a great time indeed, including the authentic weather with all its difficulties for men and machines:


The barnes were full of german soldiers searching a bit of warmth



others had to watch outside


and even the modern cars had to run steadily



The artillery-tractors rest in the shell-Bunkers


even the hamburgers were nearly frozen


The Hospital was filling


and the Posts installed little open fires


Jeep-driving was not a pleasure in those times


But what the hack is that??? The Weihnachtsmann or a christmas-tree


Very young HitlerJugend in training


while the old Kämpfers eat their vitamines against the cold


nearby on the little roads the relics of the american retreat to Recogne and Foy


Later we went back to Recogne, where an shephard was watching for Germans


and some Posts were watching the fields towards the Germans







Back in Recogne, heavy armor arrived



But in the american sector the same picture

searching for a warm place to rest





I always thought that the Schweiz was neutral, but:

a schweizer Söldner arrived

or was he just looking because

of the cooking guys???


Typical barn in the Ardennes


In the evening a german Spähtrupp arrived in Recogne


but

had to withdraw because of the strenght

of the american reserves

with a Geheim-Waffe



More Pictures will follow

Alex

[NickD]

hope you dont mind but i took the liberty of messing around with one of your pics with photoshop

[WeyAx]

Thats no problem Nick!

Alex

[LUCKYSTRIKE]

Alex,

Wow what a good day out that must have been. They're lovely pictures and what a great show it was.

Thanks for all your posted pictures.

LUCKYSTRIKE

[WeyAx]

Yes, but the day wasnot yet finished:

In the late afternoon we marched over Recogne and Foy to the famous wood of Foy

and looked at his foxholes and trenches




but the enemys with a patrol was already there

and we had to retreat into the woods



to the Memorial of Foy



which was occupied too by american troops



So we had to retreat to Houffalize where our Werkstatt-Kompanie pulled out a damadged Panther
out of the river

than and now


repainted it



and for the night we would have a strong vehicle to conquer Bastogne


so we drove through the night into town, which was hold by strong american forces

Free french

and belgian police



after our Panther had a quarrel with this

we gave up and retreated to Cobru for the night.

A long and cold day ended after fierce fighting.

Alex

Day two can follow, if you still want.

[Wehrmacht39]

Day two can follow, if you still want.

Yes, please post more