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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.

In 1917 Hitler’s 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.

BELGIUM and FRANCE

1914 - 1915 - 1916 - 1917 - 1918

HISTORICAL HITLER SITES

While Hitler was in Germany in the beginning of 1917, his regiment was located at:

The Vimy Höhe, 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 Groß-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 Groß Hantay.

Soldiers of the regiment at rest in

Hantay in 1917 (picture: Russel, 2006)Hantay, April 1917. Hitler is the first

man on the left. (picture: Russel, 2006)

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.

LA BASSÉE (FRANCE)

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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

Soldiers receiving decorations after

the Battle of Arras in the village of

Lallaing (picture: Solleder, 1932)

A windmill at St. Vaast(picture: Solleder, 1932)

The road between Fresnes and

Gavrelle in May 1917. The Germans

transport English soldiers away from

the front. (picture: Solleder, 1932)

The street to Izel, May 1917(picture: Solleder, 1932)

DOUAI AND REGION

ROEUX (FRANCE)Station

Location : Rue de la Gare

May 5/6 - Douai

Replacement. The regiment goes to Doai to serve as reserve troops. On some ocassions they go to L’Homme

(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-les-

Equerchin) and later in Quiéry-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.

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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 Bretterhüttchen (?).

After that the regiments staf goes to a Sanitätsunterstand 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 didn’t work out. They conquered the village of Langemark (Belgium), but they couldn’t capture

the Geluveld (Belgium) area, where RIR 16 was stationed.

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.

Hitler did not visit this house on the Markt in 1940. There’s also no proof he

was stationed here in 1917. (pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

ARDOOIE (BELGIUM)

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’s drawing of the church of

Ardooie, made in 1917 The church of Ardooie in 2009(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

There’s a WW1 war monument in

front of the church. (pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

GELUVELD REGION (BELGIUM)

Today: There’s 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.

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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 Mülhausen

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, Köln, Leipzig, Dresden, Berlin

Adolf Hitler and Ernst Schmidt are on a leave. They go sightseeing in Brussels, Köln, 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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Ieper: Geluveld weergeven op een grotere kaart

Area of Hooge

Location: Meenseweg (going towards Ieper it’s right before the Bellewaertsestraat)

Today: Remains of the first World War are still there.

There’s nothing more to say about this area than that Hitlers regiment was here in 1917.

HOOGE (BELGIUM)

A picture of a so called

Meldeläuferposte. Because Hitler

delivered messages this could be a

place where he has been. But where

this post was or if he’s been here is

unknown.

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Mulhouse and Rixheim weergeven op een grotere kaart

October – November –

Hitler joins his regiment that’s 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, Montarcène

The regiment goes to Molinchart. The Regiment Staf is located in a hole in the mountains of Montarcène 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 ‘Rudolfbrücke’ to 100 meters west of the

‘Lieschenbrücke’

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)

A map of the Chemin des Dames in April-May of 1917 (© Sheffield, 1914-1918, Het Westelijke Front in de Eerste Wereldoorlog)

Chemin des Dames

Location: Region between Soissons and Reims, just above the river Aisne

Hitler was stationed here in 1917. Hitlers WW2 Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschlucht 2 was in the same area, a litlle

north of Soissons.

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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.

Hitler in front of a church in

Montbavin(picture: Heinrich Hoffmann)

MONTBAVIN

The church is still there(pictures: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

MONTARCÈNEMontarcène Mountain Hole

Location: Unknown

The regiment staf was located at a Kreidehöhle on the Gebirgsstock (?) at Montarcène. Hitler was at the regiment

staf location to bring a message. A Kreidehöhle must be a hole in a mountain of pretty soft stone. The surroundings of

Montarcène 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 Montarcène, but in the same

region, near Mons en Laonnois.(picture: the Hitlerpages, 2009)

LANISCOURTFort 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 there´s 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 CHATEAUBridge acros the Canal de l’Oise à l’Aisne

Location: Between Pinon and Anizy le Chateau, rue du 7e Bca

Today: There’s a new bridge there.

A drawingthat is said to be made by Adolf Hitler shows the blown up bridge near Anizy le Chateau. It’s 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 haven’t 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.

A picture of the bridge in almost

exactly the same perspective. The

drawing and the picture are so much

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