The Battle of the Bulge Forces Places Units Bibliography EN/FR

Places

Key locations of the Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945.
Place Country Sector Key Events Dates Page
Northern Shoulder
LanzerathBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Bouck’s I&R platoon delays 3. FJD16 DecPending
HonsfeldBelgiumNorthern Shoulder KG Peiper overruns billets at dawn17 DecPending
BüllingenBelgiumNorthern Shoulder KG Peiper captures 50,000 gal fuel17 DecPending
Baugnez CrossroadsBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Malmedy Massacre: 84 POWs killed17 DecPending
LigneuvilleBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Hôtel du Moulin; 49th AAA Brigade captured17 DecPending
StavelotBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Bridge forced; supply line cut behind Peiper18–21 DecPending
Trois-PontsBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Three bridges blown; Peiper diverted18 DecPending
CheneuxBelgiumNorthern Shoulder 504th PIR night assault; 225 casualties20–21 DecOpen
StoumontBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Peiper’s westernmost point; 119th counterattack19–20 DecPending
La GleizeBelgiumNorthern Shoulder Peiper besieged; Christmas Eve breakout18–25 DecPending
Elsenborn RidgeBelgiumNorthern Shoulder 2nd and 99th Divisions hold the shoulder16–20 DecPending
Central Sector
St. VithBelgiumCentral Sector 7th Armored Division defence; falls 21 Dec17–23 DecPending
Baraque de FraitureBelgiumCentral Sector “Parker’s Crossroads”; overrun by Tigers19–23 DecPending
ManhayBelgiumCentral Sector N28 junction; night attack by 2. SS-Panzer23–25 DecPending
RochelinvalBelgiumCentral Sector 551st PIB assault; Joerg KIA; Salm bridge denied7 JanPending
WerbomontBelgiumCentral Sector 82nd Airborne assembly and deployment point18–19 DecPending
Southern Shoulder
BastogneBelgiumSouthern Shoulder 101st Airborne siege; “Nuts!”; Patton relief19 Dec–25 JanPending
ClervauxLuxembourgSouthern Shoulder 110th Infantry overwhelmed; château siege16–18 DecPending
WiltzLuxembourgSouthern Shoulder 28th Division HQ overrun19 DecPending
EchternachLuxembourgSouthern Shoulder 4th Infantry Division holds Sauer crossing16–20 DecPending
Rear & Command
SpaBelgiumRear First Army HQ; Hodges withdrawal to Chaudfontaine16–19 DecPending
Suippes / SissonneFranceRear Airborne alert; XVIII Corps departs for Ardennes17–18 DecOpen