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HISTORICAL HITLER SITES

1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918

BELGIUM and FRANCE

In 1917 Hitlers regiment was in Vlaanderen and French-Vlaanderen and in the Oberelsass (Alsace). The end of 1916 and the beginning of 1917 Hitler spent in Germany, because he got woonded at Le Bargue. He joins his regiment again on March 5, 1917. In September and October 1917 Hitler is said to have been in Spital in Austria but that is not true. He went to Berlin to stay with the parents of a fellow soldier. After that Hitler joined his regiment in the south and north of Ailette. Hitler was also stationed in Ardooie (Belgium) for a while. While Hitler was in Germany in the beginning of 1917, his regiment was located at: The Vimy Hhe, 1st batallion: Aniche, 2nd + 3rd batallion: Somain, Biache (1st batallion: shelter at Mancourt and Hendecourt; 2nd batallion: shelter at Fampoux and Gavrelle; 3rd batallion: shelter at Fampoux and Roeux), Aniche. March 4 - La Bassee 1st and 3rd batallion go to Beauvin-Provin by train and by foot to Gro-Hantay. March 5 - La Bassee Hitler returns to his regiment in this period. The 1st batallion goes to the right flank, the 3rd batallion goes to the left one. March 6 April - La Bassee Regiment commander at Abschnitt E, near La Bassee. The 2nd batallion is located at Gro Hantay.

Hantay, April 1917. Hitler is the first man on the left. (picture: Russel, 2006)

Soldiers of the regiment at rest in Hantay in 1917 (picture: Russel, 2006)

LA BASSE (FRANCE)
According to Adolf Meyer Hitler had to bring messages to the regiments staf that was located west of La Basee. He had to take the very dangerous road between La Bassee and Canteleux, what must be the Rue de Canteleux now. The front line was west of it: at Givenchy les la Bassee and Chuinchy. Meyer met Hitler here, at the Canteleux Unterstand, when he was on his way to the front line. The Rue de Canteleux can be found back at the map of the La Bassee area on the 1916 page. April 9 May 16 - Battle of Arras Hitlers regiment fights in the Battle of Arras, near Arras (France) and in the Arras-region Artois (France). The Battle of Arras was an offensive of British and Canadian troups on a front that was about 23 kilometers wide. The Canadian army took the Vimy Ridge. After the Great War a Canadian monument was built there. Hitler visited the monument in 1940. April 25 - Douai The regiment is replaced. It goes to Beavin-Provin and then by train to Douai. April 26/27 - Douai The regiment stands reserve at Douai. April 28 - Douai region The regiment is placed behind the Motan 1 Stellung, as reserve troops. At different, changing locations. April 30 - Corbehem and Douai Hitlers regiment went to Corbehem for a rest. In the morning they went back to Douai. May 3 - Klein Vitry and Roeux The regiment is located at Klein Vitry (probably Vitry-en-Artois) and in Roeux near the front. The 1st batallion in the second line. hitlerpages.com/pagina102.html 1/7

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1917 May 5/6 - Douai Replacement. The regiment goes to Doai to serve as reserve troops. On some ocassions they go to LHomme (southwest of Douai) (?). May 11/12 - Vitry and Roeux The regiment replaces troops at the front. The first batallion is at the frontline, 1500 meters north of the railroad track between Vitry and Roeux. Shelter in Vitry-en Artois, in a castle-like building. After WW1 only 5 buildings were still standing in the village, so the castle must be gone. May 19 - Lallaing and Anhiers The regiment rests at Lallaing and Anhiers. First days of June - Oppy The troops of RIR 16 are south of Oppy in the trenches. The Regimentsgefechtsstand is south of Izel (Izel-lesEquerchin) and later in Quiry-la-Motte.On the leftflank near a windmill (?) are the English troops. After June 12 - Montigny and Pecquencourt The regiment is replaced. It travels to Montigny and Pecquencourt. There they rest for ten days.

DOUAI AND REGION

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Battle of Arras weergeven op een grotere kaart

A map of the region with the German and English lines (1917)
(Solleder, 1932)

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Douai weergeven op een grotere kaart A windmill at St. Vaast

(picture: Solleder, 1932)

Soldiers receiving decorations after the Battle of Arras in the village of Lallaing (picture: Solleder, 1932)

The street to Izel, May 1917

(picture: Solleder, 1932)

The road between Fresnes and Gavrelle in May 1917. The Germans transport English soldiers away from the front. (picture: Solleder, 1932)

ROEUX (FRANCE)
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1917 Today: Theres still a station buidling in Roeux. It could even be the original one. The regiment staf was located at the staion of Roeux. Hitler and Meyer brought messages from the station to the north and south wing of the regiment. There seem to be some remaining trenches in the area. British cemeteries are still there.

The station of Roeux is on the right side of this picture. Summer - Ardooie and Koolskamp Hitlers regiment rests in Flandern. The regiments staf and the 1st and 2nd batallion go to Ardooie. The 3rd batallion goes to Koolskamp. July 13 July 23 - Gheluvelt The regiment returns to Gheluvelt where gasattacks occur on daily basis. July 26 August 1 - Hooge The 1st batallion serves as reserve at Terhand (southeast of Beselaere). The regiments staf spends the first night at Bretterhttchen (?). After that the regiments staf goes to a Sanittsunterstand at the Polygonwoods. (The post war Polygonwood Cemetery still is in that area). The messengers, including Hitler, travelled between the front line at Hooge and the regiment building in the Polygon Woods . The regiment also fights at the location of the Nonneboschen. (On the other side of the highway (from the Polygonwoods) are about 4 streets with the name Nonnebos. Bos means wood, so it must be the name for this wooded area.) The French and British fought side by side in the third batlle of Ieper (July 31 - November 10), but the ambitious plans they had didnt work out. They conquered the village of Langemark (Belgium), but they couldnt capture the Geluveld (Belgium) area, where RIR 16 was stationed.

ARDOOIE (BELGIUM)
Location where Hitler was stationed Location: Unknown Hitler was stationed in Ardooie in the summer of 1917. He made a drawing of the church of Ardooie. Where he lived at is unknown, although there have been speculations about it.

Hitlers drawing of the church of Ardooie, made in 1917

The church of Ardooie in 2009

(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

Theres a WW1 war monument in front of the church.

(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

House where Hitler was said to have been stationed Location: Markt 18, opposite to the church, in 1940 known as Markt A317 Today: Still there Hitler was said to have been stationed here in the first world war. He was also said to have been visiting this house in Ardooie on June 1, 1940. Both statements are not true. Read more about this here.

Hitler did not visit this house on the Markt in 1940. Theres also no proof he was stationed here in 1917. (pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

GELUVELD REGION (BELGIUM)

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Ieper: Geluveld weergeven op een grotere kaart

HOOGE (BELGIUM)
Area of Hooge Location: Meenseweg (going towards Ieper its right before the Bellewaertsestraat) Today: Remains of the first World War are still there. Theres nothing more to say about this area than that Hitlers regiment was here in 1917.

A picture of a so called Meldeluferposte. Because Hitler delivered messages this could be a place where he has been. But where this post was or if hes been here is unknown.

August 2 October 13 - Elsaze (Alsace) August 1 and 2 - Replacement Replacement to Elsaze. The regiment leaves from Linselles and Tourcoing . Locations batallions in the period after August 1/2: 1st batallion: Landser near Mlhausen 3rd batallion: Habsheim Regiment staf: first in Schlierbach, later in Golfingen and Hochstadt (Golfingue and Hochstatt) Other locations batallions: 1st batallion: Brunstatt 2nd batallion: Eschenzweiler (Eschentzwiller), Dietweiler and later on at Hochstatt 3rd batallion: Zillisheim, sometimes at Barmweiler and Oberspechdach September 17 - Hochstadt, decoration Hitler receives a Military Service Cross Third Class with Swords, for having been wounded in combat. September 30 - October 17 - Brussels, Kln, Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin Adolf Hitler and Ernst Schmidt are on a leave. They go sightseeing in Brussels, Kln, Leipzig and Dresden. After that Hitler goes to Berlin and Schmidt goes to Wurzbach.

Oberspechdach in World War 1

(picture: Meijer, 1934)

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1917 Mulhouse and Rixheim weergeven op een grotere kaart October November Hitler joins his regiment thats in action at the Chemin des Dames , south and north of Ailette (a river north of the Aisne, France) on October 17 or 18. October 13 26 - Champagne - Chemin des Dames October 13 - Rixheim The regiment goes to Rixheim to leave to the region of Champagne. October 15 19 - Villers (Hitler rejoins his regiment on October 17 or 18) Batallion 1: lager Asfeld la Ville Batallion 2: Proviseux (Proviseux-et-Plesnoy) Batallion 3: Villers (Villers devant la Thour) October 19 - March to the next location October 20 - Ebouleau batallion 1: Pierrepont batallion 2: Goudelancourt (Goudelancourt les Pierrepont) batallion 3 and regiment staf: Ebouleau October 23 or 24 - Chemin de Dames Regiment goes to Vivaise, Besny (Besny-au-Loizy), Aulnois (Aulnois-sous-Laon), Faubourg de la Neuville de Laon (road in Cormicy of village La Neuville?) October 25 or 26 - Molinchart, Montbavin, Montarcne The regiment goes to Molinchart. The Regiment Staf is located in a hole in the mountains of Montarcne and after that at the Plesnoy-Ferme. October 25/26 - Anizy and Lizy The regiment goes to the trenches at Anizy and Lizy, they stay at the Barackenlager at Chateau Rocher (could be east of Anizy-le-Chateau). November and December - Anizy and Lizy The regiment is building defense lines. December 17 - Anizy and Lizy The regiment takes over the rightflank of the division: from the Rudolfbrcke to 100 meters west of the Lieschenbrcke Winter 1917/1918 - Chemin des Dames Shelter at: Gercy, Houry, Prisces, Gronard and Burelles. Christmas 1917 was spent on a farm near Laon.

CHEMIN DES DAMES (FRANCE)

Chemin des Dames Location: Region between Soissons and Reims, just above the river Aisne Hitler was stationed here in 1917. Hitlers WW2 Fhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2 was in the same area, a litlle north of Soissons.

A map of the Chemin des Dames in April-May of 1917

( Sheffield, 1914-1918, Het Westelijke Front in de Eerste Wereldoorlog)

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MONTBAVIN
Church Montbavin Location: Place de la Marie Today: Still there After the Battle magazine found out the picture of Hitler in front of a church shown here was made in front of a church in Montbavin. The picture was made in 1940. Why the church was important to Hitler, is not known. Reading Adolf Meyers book I found out that Hitlers regiment was in this area at the end of October, 1917.

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Chemin des Dames weergeven op een grotere kaart Hitler in front of a church in Montbavin
(picture: Heinrich Hoffmann)

The church is still there

(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

MONTARCNE
Montarcne Mountain Hole Location: Unknown The regiment staf was located at a Kreidehhle on the Gebirgsstock (?) at Montarcne. Hitler was at the regiment staf location to bring a message. A Kreidehhle must be a hole in a mountain of pretty soft stone. The surroundings of Montarcne and Montbavin are full of this kind of holes inside the small mountains. The picture below was taken near Mons en Laonnois, near the Fort de Laniscourt.

This picture, showing an exemple of a small hole in the mountain, was not taken in Montarcne, but in the same region, near Mons en Laonnois.
(picture: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

LANISCOURT
Fort de Laniscourt Location: Between Molinchart and Montbavin, near the villages of Laniscourt and Mons en Laonnois. Today: Still there Hitlers regiment was located in both Molinchart and Montbavin in 1917. The fortress near Laniscourt is in between those two places. As far as I know theres no source that says that Hitler was here, but he visited the Fort de Laniscourt in June 1940. That could mean that he had memories of it from the First World War. Klick here to go to the June 1940 page for pictures of Hitler at the Fort de Laniscourt.

ANIZY LE CHATEAU
Bridge acros the Canal de lOise lAisne Location: Between Pinon and Anizy le Chateau, rue du 7e Bca Today: Theres a new bridge there. A drawingthat is said to be made by Adolf Hitler shows the blown up bridge near Anizy le Chateau. Its hard to say if the drawing is really made by Adolf Hitler himself. There are a lot of Hitler drawings on the internet, but a lot of them are not really made by him. This drawing is dated 1916, but I havent found proof Hitler was in Anizy in 1916. He was there in 1917 and 1918. The drawing could be misdated.

This drawing that is said to be of Adolf Hitler shows the bridge near Anizy le Chateau. hitlerpages.com/pagina102.html

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1917 alike that its possible the drawing was made from the picture.

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