Musée de la Bataille des Ardennes

The Ardennes


Waxwork scenes, maps and the odd video provide a competent, if unsophisticated, explanation of La Roche’s involvement in the wintry WWII Battle of the Bulge, when 114 villagers perished and 90% of La Roche’s buildings were flattened.

The personal remembrances of local women are especially poignant.


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