The route starts at La Gleize near the Tank monument, this is a war memorial in La Gleize in the Belgian municipality of Stoumont. The tank monument is on Rue de l'Eglise in front of the Museum December 1944, opposite the church. The tank is of the Tiger II type.
In 1944 this Tiger 213 tank was used by the Peipers 1st SS Panzer Regiment for the defense during the Battle of the Bulge. He was left behind with the retreat of the troops, along with five other tanks.
In 1945, all wrecks were cleared by the Americans. However, this tank was spared because it was exchanged for a bottle of cognac. The tank was placed on the square in La Gleize as a monument.

The Battle of the Bulge, also called the Battle of the Bulge, was the last major offensive of the German Wehrmacht on the Western Front in the Second World War. The battle took place from December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 and was won by the Allies.
In the English-speaking world this battle is known as the Battle of the Bulge, so called because of the shape of the front line (a bulge or pocket).
The Battle of the Bulge was a plan by Adolf Hitler to cut off the most northerly forces of the Allies on the western front from their supply lines and to destroy them. Ever since the summer months of 1944, he walked around with the idea of going one more time to a big, successful offensive. He considered a military victory necessary to give a better starting position to negotiations on ending the war.