Battle Of The Bulge 70Th Anniversary

[Barks]

Does anyone know if there are plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge like they did for D-Day recently?

I've searched Belgian tourism sites but can't find anything other than the usual events in Bastogne but I was wondering if there was anything elsewhere across the battle area.

Thanks in advance
Steve

[inksplotter]

You could consult the Royal British Legion: http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/

[Barks]

Thanks for the suggestion Inksplotter, but other than a small but fairly decisive action by XXX Corps far to the west, it was predominantly an American battle but it seems to have been overshadowed by D-Day and the WWI centenary

[ChillDoubt]

You could get in touch with these guys and maybe kook up with them?:

http://www.worldwar2toursofeurope.com/pdf/2014/Battle_of_the_Bulge_70th_Anniversary_Tour_2014_Itinerary.pdf

[ChillDoubt]

Or here:

http://www.ww2museumtours.org/battle-of-the-bulge/

[Baldric]

Bit late I would suggest

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes

[ChillDoubt]

And here:

http://www.opt.be/contenus/70th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge/en/7279.html

[Baldric]

Ignore that ^^ I must get a new Abacus!

[bookbinder]

There's plenty of tours information online if you enter
Battle of the Bulge Anniversary 2014
into your search engine:
http://www.ww2museumtours.org/battle-of-the-bulge/
http://www.visitbattlefields.co.uk/tours/bbm/the-battle-of-the-bulge/itinerary
http://www.opt.be/contenus/70th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge/en/7279.html
http://www.battlefieldtours.co.uk/tours2h.htm

[ChillDoubt]

Kook up? Hook up with them, even.....

[Barks]

Thanks for your efforts everyone

I'm something of an anorak on the subject, as my long suffering OH will testify, so I'm very familiar with most of the sites that are on the tours. Since Band of Brothers the focus has very much been on the 101st Airborne at Bastogne although in reality that is a small part of a much wider battle and overlooks the hundreds of men who gave their lives simply to buy time for the paratroopers to arrive from France

As I say above, the main effort seems to have been made on the Normandy celebrations to the detriment of Market Garden and the Bulge which is a shame