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Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen, Anvers) is a city in Belgium, and is the capital of Antwerp province in Flanders.
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Battle of Elsenborn Ridge
The Battle of Elsenborn Ridge was the only sector of the American front lines during the Battle of the Bulge where the Germans failed to advance.
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge
The Battle of Lanzerath Ridge was fought on December 16, 1944, the first day of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, near the village of Lanzerath, Belgium, along the key route for the German advance on the northern shoulder of the operation.
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Battle of St. Vith
The Battle of St.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
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Büllingen
Büllingen (Bullange) is a largely German-speaking municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
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Erwin Rommel
Erwin Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German general and military theorist.
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Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn
Günther Hoffmann-Schönborn (1 May 1905 – 4 April 1970) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Generalmajor
Generalmajor, short GenMaj, (English: major general) is a general officer rank in many countries, and is identical to and translated as major general.
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Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance
ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.
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Joachim Peiper
Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976), also known as Jochen Peiper, was a field officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II and personal adjutant to Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler between November 1940 and August 1941.
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Kampfgruppe
In military history and military slang, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl. Kampfgruppen; abbrev. KG, or KGr in Luftwaffe usage during World War II) can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, of the German Empire in World War I. It also referred to bomber groups in Luftwaffe usage, which themselves consisted of three or four Staffeln (squadrons), and usually (but not exclusively) existed within Kampfgeschwader bomber wings of three or four Kampfgruppen per wing.
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La Gleize
La Gleize is a village and section of the Belgian Municipality of Stoumont, situated in Wallonia in the province of Liège.
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Losheim am See
Losheim am See is a municipality in the district Merzig-Wadern, in Saarland, Germany.
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Macadam
Macadam is a type of road construction, pioneered by Scottish engineer John Loudon McAdam around 1820, in which single-sized crushed stone layers of small angular stones are placed in shallow lifts and compacted thoroughly.
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Main line of resistance
A main line of resistance (MLR) is the most important defensive position of an army facing an opposing force over an extended front.
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Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre (1944) was a war crime in which 84 American prisoners of war were killed by their German captors near Malmedy, Belgium, during World War II.
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Meuse
The Meuse (la Meuse; Walloon: Moûze) or Maas (Maas; Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea.
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Omar Bradley
General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981), nicknamed Brad, was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Roth bei Prüm
Roth bei Prüm is a municipality in the district of Bitburg-Prüm, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
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Schnee Eifel
The Schnee Eifel is a heavily wooded landscape in Germany's Central Uplands that forms part of the western Eifel in the area of the German-Belgian border.
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Schoenberg
Schoenberg (beautiful mountain) is a surname.
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Sepp Dietrich
Josef Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was an Oberst-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS, the armed paramilitary branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS), who commanded units up to army level during World War II.
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Siege of Bastogne
The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.
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Siegfried Line
The term Siegfried Line refers to two different German defensive lines, one during the First World War and the other during the Second World War.
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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer was (from 1942 to 1945) the highest commissioned rank in the Schutzstaffel (SS), with the exception of Reichsführer-SS, held by SS commander Heinrich Himmler.
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Standartenführer
Standartenführer ("standard leader") was a Nazi Party (NSDAP) paramilitary rank that was used in several NSDAP organizations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK.
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Trois-Ponts
Trois-Ponts is a municipality of Belgium.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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V Corps (United States)
V Corps was a regular corps of the United States Army during World War I, World War II, Cold War, Kosovo, and War on Terrorism.
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VIII Corps (United States)
The U.S. VIII Corps was a corps of the United States Army that saw service during various times over a fifty-year period during the 20th century.
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Waffen-SS
The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation.
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Wissembourg Gap
The Wissembourg Gap (trouée de Wissembourg, Weißenburger Senke) is a corridor of open terrain approximately six kilometres (3.7 miles) wide that is situated between the hills of the Palatinate Forest and the Bienwald on the Franco-German border.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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106th Infantry Division (United States)
The 106th Infantry Division was a division of the United States Army formed for service during World War II.
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12th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
The 12th Infantry Division (German: "12. Infanteriedivision") – later known as the 12th Volksgrenadier Division – was a Wehrmacht military unit of Nazi Germany that fought during World War II.
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12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (12.) was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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18th Volksgrenadier Division (Wehrmacht)
The 18th Volksgrenadier Division (18th VGD) was a volksgrenadier division of the German Army (Heer) during the Second World War, active from 1944 to 1945.
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1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
The 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler", short LSSAH, (1.) began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences.
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2nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 2nd Infantry Division ("Indianhead"; "2ID," "2nd ID", or "Second D") is a formation of the United States Army.
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2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
The 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" (2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich".) was one of 38 divisions of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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3rd Parachute Division (Germany)
The 3rd Parachute Division was an elite military unit of Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe that was active during World War II.
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5th Panzer Army
The 5th Panzer Army, also known as Panzer Group West and Panzer Group Eberbach (German: 5.Panzer-Armee, Panzergruppe West, Panzergruppe Eberbach) was a panzer army which saw action in the Western Front and North Africa.
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6th Panzer Army
The 6th Panzer Army (6. Panzer-Armee) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944.
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99th Infantry Division (United States)
The 99th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States Army in World War II.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Losheim_Gap
