The battle began on Dec. 16, 1944, when Adolph Hitler, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat, ordered German troops to launch a surprise attack on Allied forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium ...
as part of the Allies' attempt to halt a major German counter-offensive during World War II. Hendrix and his fellow soldiers were in the middle of what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge.