Battle of Clervaux

The Battle of Clervaux or the Battle for Clervaux was an opening engagement of the Battle of the Bulge that took place in the town of Clervaux in northern Luxembourg. It lasted from December 16 to 18, 1944. German forces encircled numerically inferior American forces, primarily from the 28th Infantry Division's 110th Infantry Regiment and the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, and quickly forced them to surrender. The battle has been referred to as the Luxembourg "Alamo".

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1944  Wikidata
battle, Luxembourg, 

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Location: 50.055, 6.03, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1944 Battle of Clervaux

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1944 Battle of Vianden

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1944-12-27T00:00:00Z

1944 Siege of Bastogne

1944-12-21T00:00:00Z

1944-12-21T00:00:00Z

1944 Battle of St. Vith

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Vianden	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Clervaux	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Siege of Bastogne	United States, Nazi Germany, Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, Hasso von Manteuffel, Creighton Abrams, siege, Anthony McAuliffe	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of St. Vith	battle, United States	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1952	Société Luxembourgeoise d'Armes	arms industry, business	Wikidata
organisation	military branch	1881	Luxembourg Armed Forces	army, armed forces	Wikidata
site	museum		Bastogne War Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	National Museum of Military History	national museum, military museum	Wikidata