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      This website was raised in 2009. December 10, 2013: We have reconstructed the Grandmenil website completely!
      It’s working better, it’s looking better and we have more stories coming up!
      Although this website is called “The Battle of Grandmenil”, it’s not only about this village. Our research is expanding everytime.

      The Battle of the bulge is a very complex story. All these American, German and English divisions scattered on just a small area, gives a lot of information. Not only the amount of troops, but also the individual stories of veterans and civilians, makes it impossible to write one big story of The Battle of the Ardennes.

      samree battle of the bulgeIn 2008, I started my research fot the Battle of Grandmenil. The stories about this battle are well documented and easy to find.
      It was the timeline who gave some trouble, but it was worth it. The stories of veterans and civilians gives a good view about what happend here, in Grandmenil.
      In 2009 I launched the website and I thought it was the end of a long period of research and puzzeling. At that time I did not realize that it was only the beginning of a quest, that would never end. Because of the website, many people started to search contact with me, wich demanded other researches.

      In 2010 Marco Eradus joined me in the researches. We became close friend and together we collect the stories.
      In march 2012, after a long period of collecting new stories from veterans, children of veterans and stories of civilians, we decided that it was time for a complete new website. Changing information and uploading new stories costed to much time. So, we needed a website that was flexible.
      That work is done.

      The Battle of the Bulge is still very tangible, not just literally, but you feel it to the older residents. On one hand, they are willing to tell, on the other hand they find it very difficult. They have lost family, they saw how their houses were destroyed, they were close to the hell of it.
      And that was it: a living hell.

      We hope you enjoy this website.

      Bob Konings & Marco Eradus
      December 2013


      Good Old Fashioned Hand Written Code by Eric J. Schwarz

        The Battle of Grandmenil"war is a horrible human experience" – Bob Kauffman

        • The Battle of Grandmenil
        • The battle of Grandmenil
          • Attacking Baraque de Fraiture
          • Taking Manhay
          • The battle of Grandmenil
          • Grandmenil sunday 24 december
          • Grandmenil monday December 25
          • Grandmenil, tuesday December 26
          • Grandmenil, wednesday december 27, 1944.
          • After the battle
        • Grandmenil Stories
          • Friendly Fire in the hills of Grandmenil.
          • Trou de Loup: the night of 24 December 25, 1944.
          • Frank Maresca’s story
          • Frohmaders card.
          • The Sad Sack Affair.
          • No Germans in Grandmenil
          • “Tigers, Tigers!”
          • Jan’s Dogtag
          • Remembrance
        • The Ottré massacre
        • Other stories
          • WW1 pictures project
          • Lester A. Wertman
          • The story of Lt. James Parker
          • The cabin in the woods
          • Earl G Naumann
          • Idiotville
          • The infamous foxhole
          • The Story of Bob Anderson
          • Finding Richard Wiegand
          • Meeting the vets of the 517th
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