Military
Operations
10 May 1940: German troops took quarters in the village
Sunday, 10 September 1944: 28th Infantry Division Troops enter the sector along N4 to Martelange
On December 13 1944, about 250-300 american soldiers lived in the village. They were on a rest to pass the winter in Bigonville. US Engineer units are working in the area (1128th Engineer Combat Group, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1278th Engineer Combat Battalion)
21 December 1944: German 5th Para Division enters Bigonville from the North. (Recollections of Horst Lange and Josef Schröder)
23 December 1944: CCR, 4th Armored Division and supporting units [578th FA Bn., 188th Engr. C. Bn.,145th Engr. C. Bn., 249 Engr. Bn.] are engaging the German troops outside the village, to the South.
24 December 1944: CCR and supporting units are entering Bigonville. (Recollections by John A. Whitehill). 4th Armored drive from Arlon to Bastogne.
25 December 1944: The sector turns under control of the 26th Infantry Division. The sector is used as rear combat zone. Artillery batteries are set up and a Field Hospital is opened in Perle.
2 January 1945 - Crash of a P-47 D in Bigonville
German POW's working on the farms in Bigonville
At Flatzbour(Hof), 2 destroyed self propelled guns left there after the battle, were taken away in 1945. 7 graves of German soldiers were situated in Bigonville. They were exhumed by government forces and were taken to the German military cemetery near Sandweiler.
10 May 1940: German troops took quarters in the village
Sunday, 10 September 1944: 28th Infantry Division Troops enter the sector along N4 to Martelange
On December 13 1944, about 250-300 american soldiers lived in the village. They were on a rest to pass the winter in Bigonville. US Engineer units are working in the area (1128th Engineer Combat Group, 299th Engineer Combat Battalion, 1278th Engineer Combat Battalion)
21 December 1944: German 5th Para Division enters Bigonville from the North. (Recollections of Horst Lange and Josef Schröder)
23 December 1944: CCR, 4th Armored Division and supporting units [578th FA Bn., 188th Engr. C. Bn.,145th Engr. C. Bn., 249 Engr. Bn.] are engaging the German troops outside the village, to the South.
24 December 1944: CCR and supporting units are entering Bigonville. (Recollections by John A. Whitehill). 4th Armored drive from Arlon to Bastogne.
25 December 1944: The sector turns under control of the 26th Infantry Division. The sector is used as rear combat zone. Artillery batteries are set up and a Field Hospital is opened in Perle.
2 January 1945 - Crash of a P-47 D in Bigonville
German POW's working on the farms in Bigonville
At Flatzbour(Hof), 2 destroyed self propelled guns left there after the battle, were taken away in 1945. 7 graves of German soldiers were situated in Bigonville. They were exhumed by government forces and were taken to the German military cemetery near Sandweiler.