{"id":11755,"date":"2022-09-23T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sites-historiques\/the-walking-tour-of-the-ardennes-hunters-in-bodange\/"},"modified":"2022-10-26T09:31:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T07:31:38","slug":"the-walking-tour-of-the-ardennes-hunters-in-bodange","status":"publish","type":"sites-historiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/the-walking-tour-of-the-ardennes-hunters-in-bodange\/","title":{"rendered":"The walking tour of the Ardennes Hunters in Bodange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Discovering their story<\/h2>\n\n<p>On May 10, 1940, the Ardennes Chasseurs fought against the Germans at Bodange. We immerse ourselves in this battle full of rebounds thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/ardenne\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the circuit of 5 panels<\/a> in the province of Luxembourg in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Ardennes Hunters are an elite unit. Their distinctive sign: a green Basque beret decorated with a boar&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201d<em>Standing on the border On the slopes of the black hills, Here, is the proud troop that watches without rest. Before the threat the hunter faces, And fights and fights one against three and fights one against three<\/em>\u201d.<\/p><cite>Extract from the March of the Ardennes Hunters<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A journey in 5 stages<\/h2>\n\n<p>The first panel shows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the general alert<\/a> in Bodange. The Chasseurs blow up a bridge to prevent the advance of the Germans. All the events are described on the second panel. A second platoon positioned on the hill called &#8220;Stein&#8221; confronts the invaders who attack from the other side. For more information on this resistance, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the third panel<\/a>! <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10304\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/circuit-des-Chasseurs-Ardennais-a-Bodange-4-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>\u00a9\u00a0Land of Memory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, we discover the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shelters<\/a> built from 1933 by Dev\u00e8ze, Minister of Defense. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wisembach forts<\/a> served as a decoy to trap the Germans. They went around them thinking they were occupied. Discover the complete story on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luxembourg-belge.be\/fr\/qr-code\/abris-deveze.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> fourth panel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Finally with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">last panel<\/a> we discover the end of the fighting in Bodange. The advance of the German army finally forces the Ardennes Chasseurs to withdraw. Thus, they are forced to surrender, but their resistance strongly slowed down the German progression. The Germans then invaded the town and occupied the houses.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>When they had no more resistance, the Germans took over the village and climbed into all the houses. Our house was a Gruyere: the wall was ripped open, revealing the two-body wardrobe that could not hold its contents.<\/em><\/p><cite><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftlb.be\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">L\u00e9onie Feller, 5 years old in May 1940<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"template":"","type_site":[88,68],"class_list":["post-11755","sites-historiques","type-sites-historiques","status-publish","hentry","type_site-cities","type_site-trails"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The walking tour of the Ardennes Hunters in Bodange - Land Of Memory<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To discover the Second World War while walking, we go to the circuit of the Ardennes Hunters in Bodange.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sites-historiques\/the-walking-tour-of-the-ardennes-hunters-in-bodange\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The walking tour of the Ardennes Hunters in Bodange - 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