Battle of Celles

During the first week of the German offensive in the Ardennes, Field Marshal Montgomery moved the XXX British Corps along the Meuse river to prevent enemy forces from crossing over. The 29th Armored Brigade, reinforced by the 8th Battalion …

1944-12-25

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During the first week of the German offensive in the Ardennes, Field Marshal Montgomery moved the XXX British Corps along the Meuse river to prevent enemy forces from crossing over. The 29th Armored Brigade, reinforced by the 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade, protected Dinant from the advancing 5.Panzer Armee. On December 24, two Kampfgruppen of the 2.Panzer Division arrived at Celles and Foy-Notre-Dame, out of fuel. The next day, the 29th Armored Brigade attacked. The battle was fierce and the two German Kampfgruppen were destroyed. The village of Celles would turn out to be the western-most point reached by the German Panzers during the battle of the Bulge.

Celles, Belgium

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of the war in Europe. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy four Allied armies and force the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.

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