Places

Key locations of the Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945.

Place	Country	Sector	Key Events	Dates	Page
Northern Shoulder
Lanzerath	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Bouck’s I&R platoon delays 3. FJD	16 Dec	Pending
Honsfeld	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	KG Peiper overruns billets at dawn	17 Dec	Pending
Büllingen	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	KG Peiper captures 50,000 gal fuel	17 Dec	Pending
Baugnez Crossroads	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Malmedy Massacre: 84 POWs killed	17 Dec	Pending
Ligneuville	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Hôtel du Moulin; 49th AAA Brigade captured	17 Dec	Pending
Stavelot	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Bridge forced; supply line cut behind Peiper	18–21 Dec	Pending
Trois-Ponts	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Three bridges blown; Peiper diverted	18 Dec	Pending
Cheneux	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	504th PIR night assault; 225 casualties	20–21 Dec	Open
Stoumont	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Peiper’s westernmost point; 119th counterattack	19–20 Dec	Pending
La Gleize	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	Peiper besieged; Christmas Eve breakout	18–25 Dec	Pending
Elsenborn Ridge	Belgium	Northern Shoulder	2nd and 99th Divisions hold the shoulder	16–20 Dec	Pending
Central Sector
St. Vith	Belgium	Central Sector	7th Armored Division defence; falls 21 Dec	17–23 Dec	Pending
Baraque de Fraiture	Belgium	Central Sector	“Parker’s Crossroads”; overrun by Tigers	19–23 Dec	Pending
Manhay	Belgium	Central Sector	N28 junction; night attack by 2. SS-Panzer	23–25 Dec	Pending
Rochelinval	Belgium	Central Sector	551st PIB assault; Joerg KIA; Salm bridge denied	7 Jan	Pending
Werbomont	Belgium	Central Sector	82nd Airborne assembly and deployment point	18–19 Dec	Pending
Southern Shoulder
Bastogne	Belgium	Southern Shoulder	101st Airborne siege; “Nuts!”; Patton relief	19 Dec–25 Jan	Pending
Clervaux	Luxembourg	Southern Shoulder	110th Infantry overwhelmed; château siege	16–18 Dec	Pending
Wiltz	Luxembourg	Southern Shoulder	28th Division HQ overrun	19 Dec	Pending
Echternach	Luxembourg	Southern Shoulder	4th Infantry Division holds Sauer crossing	16–20 Dec	Pending
Rear & Command
Spa	Belgium	Rear	First Army HQ; Hodges withdrawal to Chaudfontaine	16–19 Dec	Pending
Suippes / Sissonne	France	Rear	Airborne alert; XVIII Corps departs for Ardennes	17–18 Dec	Open