Fort Driant
A battle was fought here led by the Third Army. An explosives specialist played an important part in the battle. A retreat had to be ordered until additional men and supplies could be sent there.
Assassination Attempt on Hitler
A group of Nazi officers tried to kill the leader of Germany. Those who participated were executed.
Operation Watch on the Rhine
This was Hitler’s plan to become victorious at the end of the war. Hitler was delusional and did not want to believe that the war was all but won by the Allies, and so he devised this plan.
Malmedy Massacre
This was where the Panzer division led by SS Officer Joachim Peiper surprised Americans from the 99th. Even though the American surrendered, Peiper had them murdered.
Auschwitz
This was a death and concentration camp where many Jews were murdered or kept prisoner. At the...
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