remembers spotting a German soldier among the trees near Bastogne, Belgium, one of the most important and bloodiest battlegrounds of World War II. It was just before Christmas 1944. Buford and the ...
With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse the cross roads town of Bastogne vital for the success of Hitlers last attempt to check the Allies in the west the Americans ...
In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces' successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World ... tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued ...
Troops from the American First Army cautiously search a wooded area in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, December 24, 1944, during World War II ... near Bastogne, Belgium, on December ...
In this programe we examine the background to the campaign with a leading American historian before following the advance of one of Hitlers most successful panzer commanders Hasso von Manteuffel ...
On the 80th anniversary of 1944, a pivotal year in World War II ... directly into the Battle of the Bulge, his company’s objective was to contain the bulge at Bastogne, the road junction ...