Name that Battle!

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Yes its part of the Battle of the Bulge. You will find big articles of heroic american defense of this ridge and that village, but this part has very few articles. You must dig deeper to the experts.

[Flinn]

Bastogne then? and Elsenborn ridge maybe?

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

No, its not Bastogne, but Elsenborn Ridge is the right region.

(Actually the photo is wrongly attached to Elsenborn Ridge. ).

[Flinn]

Well from what I can gather that is know as the battle of Elseborn Ridge.. if you want to know the name of the nearby villages, then maybe Hofen? Monchau? Rocherath-Krinkelt?

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

I'm more interested in the Mountains/Hills, which give the local region their name because in winter it fell from heaven on them.

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Its the "Breakthrough at Schnee Eifel" (also called 'Cannae at Schnee Eifel').

The mass of the 106th US Division ( 422th Regiment and 423th Regiment) had been encircled by the 18th Volksgrenadier Division and the 62 Volksgrenadier Division at the 17 December and surrendered at the 19 December 1944.

7000-9000 GIs became POWS.

https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_7.htm

Flinn was nearest with Elsenborn Ridge, to which the picture is wrongly connected by wikipedia.

So its Flinn's turn.

[Flinn]

I'd leave the turn to anyone who's willing to take it

I'm gonna be offline shortly till the 15th

[Flinn]

so...

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Second Battle of the Piave River, 1918?

[Flinn]

It's the Piave indeed. There's a pretty famous song about that battle, very moving.. though of course songs rarely depict the truth

over to you

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Thank you.

Songs of that period always appealed to emotions and not to the mind, the mighty didnt want common people to start thinking about why and if it's worth.

[Sar1n]

Got a Balkan vibe from that.

Ballpark...Adrianople, 1913?

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

No, wrong war, right region.

[Flinn]

hint?

[Grymloq]

Bucharest 1916?

[Morticia Iunia Bruti]

Grymlog has it.

Its the battle of the Arges near Bucharest, 1916.

Your turn.

[Grymloq]

Thanks

Let's go for an easy one

[Flinn]

I might have got this one too, but if anyone else wants to give it a try, please be my guest

[Flinn]

ok so, since no one wants to give it a try..

it's the Siege of Calais, 1558

[Grymloq]

Yes it is the siege of Calais! My rep debt is increasing