What the records say
- When
- 18 Dec 1944
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.05° N, 6.03° E
- Description
- 1944 battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Clervaux
1944 battle during World War II
The Battle of Clervaux or the Battle for Clervaux was an opening engagement of the Battle of the Bulge that took place in the town of Clervaux in northern Luxembourg. It lasted from December 16 to 18, 1944. German forces encircled numerically inferior American forces, primarily from the 28th Infantry Division's 110th Infantry Regiment and the 109th Field Artillery Battalion, and quickly forced them to surrender.
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