The "Hasselpath" forest section and the surrounding villages of Rocherath and Krinkelt were considered the interface of the Ardennes offensive. Here in December 1944 fierce fighting between Germans and Americans …

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

January 17, 2022

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On a hiking trail 800 m long, which leads 100 m after the information board to the left into the forest, nine information boards paint a vivid picture of the trenches in which the soldiers entrenched themselves with their machine guns and grenade launchers. Trenches and the remains of earth bunkers, battlefields and earth hospitals still bear witness to the events of that time.
Source: ostbelgien.eu/de/fiche/virtualtour/gedenkstatte-hasselpath
Conclusion: Informative and worth seeing.

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Bernd 🌲🦌🍄🥾

March 27, 2022

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One quickly forgets that countless young people lost their lives here in the fight for freedom and peace or were instrumentalized by a Nazi regime.

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1. Tour 20: 'In the valley of the Lichtenbach' Rocherath – hiking in East Belgium

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2. Jansbach Wild Daffodil Meadows – Hasselpath Memorial loop from Hasselpath

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3. Hasselpath Memorial – Memorial loop from Hasselpath

5.71km

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1. Tour 20: 'In the valley of the Lichtenbach' Rocherath – hiking in East Belgium

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