Diekirch - Musee national d'histoire militaire
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This is definitly the most impressive museum about the battle of the bulge that I have so far.
The real size dioramas in this museum are great. The museum has spend no cost or effort to make these dioramas look as real as possible. The biggest diorama depicts the night time crossing of the Sauer river by the American 5th Infantry Division
on January 1, 1945 to liberate the city of Diekirch. This museum is certainly also a must see for those who are not as interested in war museums as I am.
Sherman tank at the entrance of the Museum in 2011.
US Army gun.
Sherman tank at the entrance of the Museum in 2011. The tank is standing behind dragon teeth, these anti tank obstacles where used in the Siegfried-line along the German border.
Patton tank with markings of the US 3rd Infantry Division. The Luxembourg Army fought alongside this division in Korea.
Diorama of Luxemburg soldiers manning a british 25 pounder gun during operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.
Diorama of Luxemburg soldiers manning a british 25 pounder gun during operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.
US Army gun - 155MM Howitzer.
A marking on the 155MM US Howitzer. Made in 1944 by Western Austin Co.
Battle damage at the rear of the Museum in Diekirch. This part of the museum was a brewery during ww2.
Diorama of German wehrmacht soldiers manning an anti-tank gun in the Belgian/Luxemburg Ardennes.
Diorama of a thanks giving dinner at the front with US soldiers and Luxemburg citizens. Great diorama in the Diekirch museum.
US Army food supplies and medical supplies. A US Combat medic and a US nurse.
Diorama of a BAR infantry rifleman of the US army in makeshift winter camouflage in January 1945.
Diorama of a two US GI's in a foxhole during the battle of the bulge.
Black US soldier during the battle of the bulge. These soldiers where important in their role bringing supplies to the frontline.
US Combat medics are bringing a wounded soldier away from the frontline.
A German halftrack crammed with German soldiers on the advance in the initial fase of the battle of the bulge.
A German Hetzer tankjager, tank chaiser.
Incredible weapons collection in the Diekirch museum.
Incredible weapons collection in the Diekirch museum.
Uniforms with a special story. Soviet solder, British soldier, British paratrooper, British Commando, French commando.
Enormous lifesize diorama of the crossing of the river Sauer by the fifth US Infantry division at Weilerbach. See the monument at the crossing here.
Medics working on a wounded soldier in the diorama of the crossing of the Sauer.
The crossing of the Sauer.
Searching for mines. US soldiers
A German field kitchen near the front manned by Wehrmacht soldiers.
US soldiers setting u a mortar in the remains of a Luxembourg house.
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