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| More on the Manertchen |
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| Some of GIs living in "Log City": snug enclosed 9-man log huts in fall 1944 |
| Oberleutnant (1LT) Hans Rahm, killed 16 Dec 44 in battle between the Manertchen and Dickweiler. He is buried in Sandweiler Military Cemetery |
| A reconstructed covered foxhole in the Manertchen Forest. This is across from the pullout on the road from Echternach |
| Thanks to Luxembourg historian Fred Karen for his 2001 essay on the Manertchen |
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| Note the road from Echternach entering upper left. Sector A, at the top overlooking the river, held the machinegun outposts, the "Log-Houses", and the graves of German soldiers. The minefield was off the "point" at the upper right end of Sector A. One by one, six soldiers on patrol to Steinheim, including the XO and medic, were wounded the night of 1 Feb 45. They were evacuated to Cafe Weydert in Dickweiler, then on to a field hospital in Arlon. |
| Schematic of the 212 Volksgrenadiers Division, 21-27 Dec 44.. The action around the Manertchen and Dickweiler is on the right third of the drawing. Note the Germans are again being pushed back toward the river after their initial offensive into US-held territory, toward the bottom of the map. |