Daily Archives for 19 November 2014


November 19: Vianden Defended

On 19 November 1944, 30 members of the Luxembourgish resistance lead by Victor Abens and Jos Kieffer defended the town of Vianden against the larger Waffen SS. The ratio was 3 to 25. Hitler’s trained elite force tried to siege Vianden and failed. Much like in the battle of Thermopylae where 7,000 Greek men lead […]