Holland & Bastogne 1944–45
Place McAuliffe & the Sherman
Town square
GuideHolland & Bastogne 1944–45
AreaBastogne & the Bois Jacques
TypeTown square
Time to allow20 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS50.00070, 5.71700
The story
The square at the centre of the seven roads, with the general's bust and a Sherman tank knocked out at Renuamont.
What to look for
Count the roads: this is why 101st was sent here.
Nearby sites
- 101st Airborne Museum — Le Mess · under 1 km
- Bastogne Barracks · 1 km
- Bastogne War Museum & Mardasson Memorial · 2 km
- Bizory · 4 km
- Easy Company memorial, Bois Jacques · 4 km
- Easy Company foxholes, Bois Jacques · 5 km
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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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