Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Moder valley sector — Pfaffenhoffen
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaAlsace — Haguenau & the Moder
Time to allow15 min
LocationRight area — the exact spot is uncertain
GPS48.84200, 7.60600
The story
The villages along the Moder west of Haguenau where the 506th held the line in late January, as Nordwind was ending, in deep snow.
What to look for
Drive the river road east toward Haguenau.
Nearby sites
- Haguenau — the Moder river front · 14 km
- Haguenau centre & Musée Historique · 14 km
- Liberation memorial — Moder canal · 14 km
- Fort de Schoenenbourg — Maginot Line · 27 km
- Natzweiler-Struthof · 50 km
- Luxembourg American Cemetery — Patton's grave · 134 km
All 48 sites in Holland & Bastogne 1944–45 →
Easy Company: Holland & Bastogne
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne: Hell's Highway, Nijmegen and the Island, the Bois Jacques at Bastogne, the cemeteries of the Ardennes and Haguenau in Alsace.
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