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==History== Houffalize was a strategic location during the [[Battle of the Bulge]] of [[World War II]]. Specifically, Generals [[Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Montgomery]] and [[George S. Patton|Patton]] met up here, Montgomery coming from the north and Patton from the south, in their counter-attack against the German forces remaining in the area. The town was flattened on the night of 5β6 January 1945 by ninety RAF Lancasters of Bomber Command to block the key crossroads for German supply columns and the escape route for German forces. Patton wrote a poem in his diary about the bombing.
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