When Panzer Lehr resumed its advance to Dinant it ran into the combat command A of the US 2nd Armored Division near Buissonville. German Panzer V Panther Tank in the village of Celles After the war Marthe Monriqueīecame known as the woman who stopped the tanks. The Germans stopped their advance for a while. It drove over a mine and was put out of action in the field below the Chateau Acteau. Marthe Monrique, the cafe owner, lied and said that it was mined and dangerous so the Panzer V commander decided to go through the fields. 'pavillon des Ardennes' if the road to Dinant was open, had vehicles been using it recently. The local story is that the German's asked at the cafe On the 24th December 1944 the advanced column of Panther tanks approached the junction of the N510 road with the N48. Rochefort was taken on 23rd December 1944. It fought its way through the town of St Hubert and the road to Dinant seemed open. On 21st December Panzer Lehr battle group was pulled out of the fight for Bastogne and regrouped with 2nd Panzer Division and the 116th Panzer Division Windhund for an assault on the town of Dinant to secure the crossing over the river Meuse. Group) von Cochenhausen, 2nd Panzer Division. The Celles Panther was part of the German Army Kampfgruppe (combat G Panther Tank (Sd.Kfz 171) in the village of Celles

Preserved and can be visited in the small village of Celles, 10km southĮast from Dinant on the N94 at the cross roads with the N910. G tank took part in the 1944 WW2 Battle of the Bulge in the Belgium Ardennes. This Surviving German Panzer V Panther Ausf. Surviving German Panther Tank in Celles Belgium Ardennes Surviving Battle of the Bulge 1944 Tanks

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