#Monument
Plaque dedicated to the 750th Tank Battalion
In Fanzel, a plaque dedicated to the 750th Tank Battalion commemorates that during the Battle of the Bulge, this unit was stationed on the heights of the village to maintain its tanks in preparation for the Allied counter-offensive in January 1945.
On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched a desperate final offensive aimed at regaining control of the port of Antwerp. The German plan was to quickly cross the Ardennes as in 1940, considering the region to be less well defended by the Allies.
By the end of December, the German army's breakthrough reached its limits, and the various units were gradually forced to engage in their final retreat from the region. On January 3, 1945, the Allied counter-offensive was launched, and the various divisions gradually closed the "bulge" created in the front line.
In Fanzel, the plaque located near the stream recalls that the 750th Tank Battalion, a unit of the 1st American Army, stationed its vehicles on the heights of the village to carry out their maintenance in preparation for the counter-offensive, in support of the 75th Infantry Division and the 3rd Armored Division. The plaque was donated by the son of a veteran, who returned to trace his father's footsteps 60 years after the liberation.