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Well hien och wollt s in Deel b idroen, huet de Merg s i verzaubert Liewen opginn an sech fr iw lleg bei der Arm i gemellt. Hie gouf engem Opkl rungstrupp an der 28ter Infanterie-Divisioun zougedeelt, d i sech sollt duerch Frankr ich, d'Belsch a L tzebuerg k mpfen. M tt November 1944, no zwou Woche vu fuerchtbaren, bluddege Gefechter am H rtgenwald, gouf di rampon iert, midd gek mpften 28st Infanterie-Divisioun no Weste gesch ckt fir e b sse wuelverd ngten R\u0026amp;R.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe Merg an de Rescht vum Opkl rungstrupp goufen an d r klenger Uertschaft Eschweiler (Eeschw ller)  nnerbruecht, wou d'Zaldoten sech s ier mat den Duerfleit ugefr nnt hunn, d i mat hinnen hier Haiser, hier Moolzechten, Hoffnungen an Dreem gedeelt hunn. Well et him liicht gefall ass, ze kommuniz ieren, a well hie seng gutt gef llte P ck vun doheem  mmer gedeelt huet, huet d'Duerf de Merg geschw nn als een aus hirer M tt ugesinn. Fir eng kuerz Z it huet d'Liewen r m bal normal gesch ngt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eD'Idyll gouf ee Mount m i sp it zerschloen, w i di D itsch en Iwwerraschungsugr ff duerch d'B scher vun den Ardennen gestart hunn. D'\u003cem\u003eBattle of the Bulge\u003c\/em\u003e hat ugefaang. Zesumme mam Rescht vu L tzebuerg war Eschweiler drop an drun, vum schnellen d itsche Virstouss iwwerrannt ze ginn. W i den Opkl rungstrupp sech huet missen aus dem Duerf zr ckz ien, sinn si direkt an d'Truppesp tzt vun den D itschen an deem Sektor gerannt. Si waren ageklemmt an hate just zwou Optiounen: Gefaangeschaft oder Doud. 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