It started when some Luxembourgish militia members spotted a German patrol between Wiesen and Bettel and decided to strike. 5 lost ATL American G.I.s and a Belgian Army interpreter would also join in the OTL defense of the castle on the 16th. At the end Germans attacked the town with 250 soldiers of the Waffen-SS. They fire on the town of Vianden and later Vianden Castle with grenade launchers before launching a full out infantry attack. When the Germans launched the The 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge, the castle was retaken.
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| - 1944 Battle For Vianden Castle (Hitler’s World)
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| - It started when some Luxembourgish militia members spotted a German patrol between Wiesen and Bettel and decided to strike. 5 lost ATL American G.I.s and a Belgian Army interpreter would also join in the OTL defense of the castle on the 16th. At the end Germans attacked the town with 250 soldiers of the Waffen-SS. They fire on the town of Vianden and later Vianden Castle with grenade launchers before launching a full out infantry attack. When the Germans launched the The 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge, the castle was retaken.
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| - Vianden and adjacent areas of the river Our
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| - A Luxembourger defensive victory
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| - It started when some Luxembourgish militia members spotted a German patrol between Wiesen and Bettel and decided to strike. 5 lost ATL American G.I.s and a Belgian Army interpreter would also join in the OTL defense of the castle on the 16th. At the end Germans attacked the town with 250 soldiers of the Waffen-SS. They fire on the town of Vianden and later Vianden Castle with grenade launchers before launching a full out infantry attack. When the Germans launched the The 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge, the castle was retaken.
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