General Patton Memorial Museum Luxembourg

01/05/2026

28/03/2026

Een Timber aus vergaangener Zäit

27/03/2026

On 26 March 2026, the association “Groupe de Recherches et d'Études sur la Guerre 1940-1945 / General Patton Memorial Museum” received two original British pilot’s uniforms from the Second World War. These were made available to the association / General Patton Memorial Museum by the Royal Air Force Museum in London
The two uniforms were handed over by the British Ambassador, Joanne Olivier, to the chairman of the association / General Patton Memorial Museum in the presence of the vice-president of the British Chamber of Commerce, representatives of the Royal Air Force Veterans’ Association and the College of Aldermen of the City of Ettelbruck

22/01/2026

Das Museum hat erneut seine Türen geöffnet, und wir freuen uns darauf, Sie bei uns begrüßen zu dürfen.

Le musée a réouvert ses portes et nous sommes ravis de vous accueillir chez nous.

The museum has reopened its doors, and we look forward to welcoming you.

25/12/2025

We must never forget the fight for Ettelbruck in December 1944.
When German troops invaded the Ardennes and entered our country on December 16, 1944, under the command of Karl Gerd von Rundstedt, the attack occurred unexpectedly during those cold winter days when there was a lot of snow. The 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania Keystone), also known as the Bloody Bucket, was drawn into this deadly struggle. The Germans advanced toward Ettelbruck to quickly control the roads and railway line leading from Luxembourg northwards in the early days. Despite heavy losses, the 109th Infantry Regiment of the 28th Infantry Division / Pennsylvania Keystone Division, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Rudder, managed to stop this rapid advance. On the night of December 21, 1944, German troops entered Ettelbruck.
On December 19, 1944, an urgent meeting was held in Verdun under the direction of General Eisenhower and General Omar N. Bradley, at the end of which General Patton was ordered to move his 3rd Army north in order to launch a counter-offensive through Luxembourg against the threatening advance of German troops in the Ardennes. Patton's 3rd Army was en route to the Saar when the order was given to make a 90-degree turn to advance toward Luxembourg. From December 21 to 23, 1944, fierce fighting took place for the conquest of the town of Ettelbruck, resulting in heavy losses on both sides; on December 24, the fighting reached its peak. On December 25, 1944, American soldiers of the 3rd Battalion of the 318th Infantry Regiment of the 80th Infantry Division, supported by the 702nd Tank Battalion and the 610th Anti-Tank Battalion, marched into the heavily destroyed town of Ettelbruck and thus liberated it for the second time from the N**i yoke.

22/12/2025

As it does every year, the Groupe de Recherches et d'Études sur la guerre 1940-1945 asbl / General Patton Memorial Museum lays flowers at the monument to General Patton on 21 December, the anniversary of his death. On the same day, we also pay tribute to Colonel McVickar, who liberated the town of Ettelbruck with his unit of the 80th Division on 25 December 1944.

20/12/2025

10/12/2025

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06/12/2025

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