100 Years Ago Today Minus 12 Hours - Germany Invades Luxembourg

The Railway Station of Luxembourg - By Paul Delvaux
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Due to German indecisiveness and miscommunication, a band of German soldiers jumped the gun by 12 hours ahead of the official invasion of Luxembourg on August 2, 1914. They began to destroy trackage in the area of Troisvierges, but had to undo their work, as the German military needed the trackage for troop movements.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troisvierges

http://www.strangehistory.net/2014/02/08/starting-the-first-world-war-early-the-three-virgins/

http://www.wort.lu/en/luxembourg/100-years-since-the-great-war-came-to-luxembourg-52e65feae4b0e9996823dc2d

Bahnhof Luxemburg im 1.Weltkrieg (Collection Jörg Seidel)
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