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    Monschau (German pronunciation: [ˈmɔnʃaʊ̯] ; French: Montjoie, French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʒwa]; Walloon: Mondjoye) is a small resort town in the Eifel region...
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    Monschau Castle (German: Burg Monschau) is a castle in the eponymous town of Monschau in the southern part of the Region of Aachen in Germany. It is used...
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    Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the municipality of Monschau since 1972. Notably, Mützenich is a German exclave surrounded by Belgian...
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    The cultural landscape of the Monschau Hedge Land (German: Monschauer Heckenland) or Monschau Hedge Region includes the uplands of the Eifel and the villages...
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    Belgium at an elevation of 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level. South of Monschau it flows into Germany, through North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows first through...
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    during the Battle of the Bulge. The area from Elsenborn Ridge itself to Monschau was the only sector of the American front line attacked during the Battle...
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  • roughly southward direction from Aachen via Raeren (the site of the depot), Monschau and Malmedy to Trois-Ponts, with a 20 km (12 mi) eastward branch from Oberweywertz [de]...
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    initial tactical objectives were to take the village of Schmidt and clear Monschau. In a second phase the Allies wanted to advance to the Rur River as part...
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    for military operations in Bonn, Siegburg, Aachen, Jülich, Düren, and Monschau. Cologne was home to the 211th Infantry Regiment and the 26th Artillery...
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    goal was to pierce the thinly held lines of the U.S. First Army between Monschau and Wasserbillig with Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model's Army Group B...
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