Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in a series of events to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. She participates in the commemoration at American Military Cemetery of Hamm (Luxembourg), meets with Belgian and Luxemburgish authorities at Senningen Castle (Luxembourg) and joins the ceremony in Bastogne (Belgium).

The Battle of the Bulge, or Ardennes Offensive, was the final significant German offensive on the Western Front in World War II, occurring from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945. It was launched in the heavily forested Ardennes area, situated between Belgium and Luxembourg. The goal of the offensive was to disrupt the Allies' use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to divide their lines, enabling the Germans to encircle and defeat the four Allied armies, ultimately forcing the western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty favorable to the Axis powers.

METSOLA, Roberta (EPP, MT, EP President)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. This news item shows extracts from the arrivals and meeting at the Senningen Castle, with Luc FRIEDEN, Luxembourg Prime Minister, and Alexander DE CROO, Prime Minister of Belgium, after the ceremony at the American military cemetery of Hamme. On 16 December 1944, German units attacked the American front line in the Ardennes, which covered the North of Luxembourg and the East of Belgium. It was the prelude to one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War: the Battle of the Bulge. Thousands of American and German soldiers lost their lives in the unforgiving combats that took place in one of the harshest winters in known history.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge: extracts from the arrivals and meeting at the Senningen Castle (Luxembourg)

Roberta Metsola, EP President participates to the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge - ceremony in Bastogne

Roberta Metsola, EP President, participates to the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. This news item shows extracts from the ceremony in Bastogne (Belgium) in the presence of city mayors, the PHILIPPE, King of Belgium, and Henri GROßHERZOG, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and the Belgian and Luxemburgish prime ministers.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge: extracts from the ceremony in Bastogne (Belgium)

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates in the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. This news item shows extracts from the ceremony at the American Military Cemetery of Hamm (Luxembourg). On 16 December 1944, German units attacked the American front line in the Ardennes, which covered the North of Luxembourg and the East of Belgium. It was the prelude to one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War: the Battle of the Bulge. Thousands of American and German soldiers lost their lives in the unforgiving combats that took place in one of the harshest winters in known history.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge: extracts from the ceremony at the American Military Cemetery of Hamm (Luxembourg)

Roberta Metsola, EP President participates to the ceremony for the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge - Ceremony at the American Military Cemetery of Hamm (Luxembourg)

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