I am snuggled in this weekend watching the AMC War Movie Marathon, I have seen most of these movies before but I had not seen the Battle of Bulge. This movie is a testament to the incredible spirit of the American Soldier.
Below is just snippet of the story. If you have any interest in reading further, click here!
The Battle of the Bulge
Courtesy The United States Army Center of Military History
"Early on the misty winter morning of 16 December 1944, over 200,000 German troops and nearly 1,000 tanks launched Adolf Hitler's last bid to reverse the ebb in his fortunes that had begun when Allied troops landed in France on D-day. Seeking to drive to the English Channel coast and split the Allied armies as they had done in May 1940, the Germans struck in the Ardennes Forest, a seventy-five-mile stretch of the front characterized by dense woods and few roads, held by four inexperienced and battle-worn American divisions stationed there for rest and seasoning.
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"At the critical road junctions of St. Vith and Bastogne, American tankers and paratroopers fought off repeated attacks, and when the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne was summoned by his German adversary to surrender, he simply responded, "Nuts!"
"Within days (of Genearl McAuliffe's reply to the German's demand for surrender at Bastonge) Patton's Third Army had relieved Bastogne, and to the north, the 2d U.S. Armored Division stopped enemy tanks short of the Meuse on Christmas Day. Through January, American troops, often wading through deep snow drifts, attacked the sides of the shrinking bulge until they had restored the front and set the stage for the final drive to victory."
Thank you God for American service men and their service and dedication!
Marc
