Commemoration of the 77th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

The Embassy of Luxembourg in Washington DC participated in a series of events this week to mark the 77th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.

On Monday, January 24, Ambassador Nicole Bintner-Bakshian and members of the Battle of the Bulge Association visited the National Museum of the United States Army. Battle of the Bulge veteran David Bailey (100) shared his WWII memories, a testimony serving as a powerful reminder of the individual soldier experience – and the importance of connecting personal human stories to events in history.

On Tuesday, January 25 at Arlington National Cemetery, Ambassador Bintner-Bakshian laid a wreath at the Battle of the Bulge Memorial, while conveying Luxembourg’s profound gratitude to the US veterans who liberated the country and expressed the Grand Duchy’s feelings of deep-rooted friendship with the American people.

About the Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge took place in the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg from December 1944 to January 1945. The fight, which was a major turning point in the war and became some of the most highly regarded actions in U.S. military history, lasted exactly six weeks, during one of the coldest winters of the century. The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German counteroffensive on the Western Front, it ended in victory for the Allied forces — but at great cost; it was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II and the third-deadliest campaign in American history.