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Battle of the Bulge Navigation Grand Tour 2019 rit 1
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RouteXpert Michel van Hagen (MRA-Founder)
Last edit: 09-03-2022
Route Summary
On December 16, 1944, the Germans launched a final large-scale offensive against the rapidly advancing Allied forces on the Western Front. As many as 24 German divisions were involved in the offensive. Many of these divisions had just been formed or re-equipped. The aim of the German attack was a breakthrough through the Ardennes that would split the Allied forces. The British and Americans would be separated from each other. A rift between these two allies would pave the way for peace negotiations. Adolf Hitler then wanted to advance further to Antwerp and recapture this important port. Due to underestimation of the German fighting power and the failure of the intelligence services, the Allied forces were completely taken by surprise by the German attack. From 16 to 20 December 1944, German troops advanced towards Stavelot, Sankt-Vith, Houffalize and Bastogne. In the beginning there was chaos among the Allies. Nevertheless, small allied units managed to slow down the German advance (for example in Bastogne). Bastogne was a crucial traffic junction in the Ardennes, dominating the north-south and east-west route. The Allies wanted to defend the city at all costs. The delay in the German advance caused by the Battle of Bastogne proved to be crucial for the course of the offensive. The losses suffered by the Germans during the offensive were decisive for the further course of the war.

This route is specially made for the “MRA NAVIGATION GRAND TOUR 2019”
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6h 5m
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176.96 km
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A beautiful route with the theme of the “Battle of the Bulge”, or 'the battle of the Bulge'. You will of course stop at various sights related to the theme of this ride. It is delicious food during a lunch stop in Malmedy and it is certainly advisable to take plenty of time at the end of the drive for the particularly impressive Battle of the Bulge Monument in Bastogne!

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Routepunt 1: Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Battle of the Bulge Monument
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De slag om de Elsenbornrug en de tweelingdorpen
VERSLAG MRA NAVIGATION GRAND TOUR 2019
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The Walloon Region (French: Région wallonne [ʁeʒjɔ̃ walɔn]; German: Wallonische Region; Dutch: Waals gewest), usually simply referred to as Wallonia (; French: Wallonie [walɔni]; Walloon: Waloneye; German: Wallonien [vaˈloːni̯ən] (listen) or Wallonie [valoˈniː]; Dutch: Wallonië [ʋɑˈloːnijə] (listen)), is one of the three Regions of Belgium—alongside the Flemish Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.Covering the southern portion of the country, Wallonia is primarily French-speaking, and accounts for 55% of Belgium's territory, but only a third of its population. The Walloon Region was not merged with the French Community of Belgium, which is the political entity responsible for matters related mainly to culture and education, because the French Community of Belgium encompasses both Wallonia and the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region.
There is a German-speaking minority in eastern Wallonia, resulting from the annexation of three cantons previously part of the German Empire at the conclusion of World War I. This community represents less than 1% of the Belgian population. It forms the German-speaking Community of Belgium, which has its own government and parliament for culture-related issues.
During the industrial revolution, Wallonia was second only to the United Kingdom in industrialization, capitalizing on its extensive deposits of coal and iron. This brought the region wealth, and from the beginning of the 19th to the middle of the 20th century, Wallonia was the more prosperous half of Belgium. Since World War II, the importance of heavy industry has greatly diminished, and the Flemish Region has exceeded Wallonia in wealth as Wallonia has declined economically. Wallonia now suffers from high unemployment and has a significantly lower GDP per capita than Flanders. The economic inequalities and linguistic divide between the two are major sources of political conflicts in Belgium and a major factor in Flemish separatism.
The capital of Wallonia is Namur, and the most populous city is Charleroi. Most of Wallonia's major cities and two-thirds of its population lie along the east-west aligned Sambre and Meuse valley, the former industrial backbone of Belgium. To the north of this valley, Wallonia lies on the Central Belgian Plateau, which, like Flanders, is a relatively flat and agriculturally fertile area. The south and southeast of Wallonia is made up of the Ardennes, an expanse of forested highland that is less densely populated.
Wallonia borders Flanders and the Netherlands (the province of Limburg) in the north, France (Grand Est and Hauts-de-France) to the south and west, and Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate) and Luxembourg (Capellen, Clervaux, Esch-sur-Alzette, Redange and Wiltz) to the east. Wallonia has been a member of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie since 1980.
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