• [stɑ̃daʁ ljɛʒ]; Dutch: Standard Luik [ˈstɑndɑrt ˈlœyk]; German: Standard Lüttich [ˈstandaʁt ˈlʏtɪç, ˈʃtan-]) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian...
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    Liège (redirect from Lüttich)
    French: [ljɛʒ] ; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the...
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  • 585 1825 Ath (nl: Aat) Bastogne  Hainaut 29,074 1825 1166 Aubange Arlon  Luxembourg 16,927 2018 Bastogne (nl: Bastenaken) Bastogne  Luxembourg 15,737 1825...
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    attack, 2nd Panzer drove towards the crucial road junction of Bastogne. However, Bastogne was quickly reinforced by the veteran 101st Airborne Division...
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    a number of classic cycle races such as the Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. The 1920 Summer Olympics were held in Antwerp. The 1977 European...
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    the 1st SS and 2nd SS Panzer Divisions took part in the failed Operation Lüttich in early August. The end came in mid August when the German Army was encircled...
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    in the Malmedy massacre. The Germans failed to reach the Meuse or take Bastogne, which was held by Americans. On 3 January 1945, the western Allies began...
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  • On 10 August, during the German failed counter-attack named Operation Lüttich, Staiger claimed a Spitfire fighter shot down near Granville/Avranches...
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