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Fierce fighting on Luxembourg soil <\/h2>\n\n

On 26 December 1944, the 3rd American Army of General Patton entered the besieged city of Bastogne. In order to break the encirclement, the 26th “Yankee” Infantry Division was sent to make a breakthrough at the Schumannseck crossroads and take the German troops from the rear to the east of Bastogne.<\/p>\n\n

But the fighting was laborious, and the American soldiers only reached Schumannseck on 30 December 1944. The advance was again stopped by the tenacious defense of the German soldiers entrenched in the woods.<\/p>\n\n

The front was frozen, and, for more than three weeks, the fighting raged on. American attacks and German counter-attacks followed one another in the snowy Ardennes forest. Thousands died as a result of hand-to-hand combat, machine-gun fire, and artillery fire.<\/p>\n\n

Afterward, the liquidation of the Harlange pocket led to the surrender of almost the entire 5th German Parachute Division. However, it was not until 21 January 1945, with the liberation of Wiltz, that the fighting at Schumannseck was finally over.<\/p>\n\n

These battles were the deadliest on Luxembourg soil, reminiscent of the tactics and casualties of the war of attrition of 1914-1918.<\/p>\n\n

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    American positions (Foxholes) reinforced with branches and rocks near Schumannseck under construction.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      American soldiers collect the bodies of German and American soldiers and bury them temporarily at the place called “Massengraaf”. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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        After 3 weeks of hard fighting, the Yankee Division was replaced by the 90th US Infantry Division near Schumannseck – January 1945.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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          US Army vehicles after the storm of December 22, 1944.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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            A U.S. Army sergeant returns to the rear of the front, exhausted.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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              Soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the 26th US Infantry Regiment near the B\u00fctgenbach Viaduct – Late 1944<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","type_sujet":[32,84],"class_list":["post-5711","sujets-thematiques","type-sujets-thematiques","status-publish","hentry","type_sujet-1939-1945","type_sujet-second-world-war"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLand of Memory: Fighting at Schumannseck<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Land of Memory presents as a historical subject, the fighting at Schumannseck, a battle between the German army and the American army.\" \/>\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\/sujets-thematiques\/fighting-at-schumannseck\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta 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