[Tax-chick]

“Powerful German columns pushed farther into Belgium today in what has become by far the greatest battle in American history.”

That’s quite a statement. Bigger than D-Day? Bigger than Sharpsburg or Gettysburg, where both sides were American?

I like that the article is under the banner headline, OUR MEN CONFIDENT.

[laplata]

The Battle of the Bulge was the biggest battle ever fought by the US Army. 19,000 KIA

[Hotlanta Mike]

The Battle of the Bulge...Hitler’s counteroffensive in the Ardennes forest. And the siege of Bastogne which the 101st Airborne managed to hold onto while being surrounded.

I just watched “World War II The Last Heroes” on Netflix. Episode 5 deals with real accounts of the Battle of the Bulge...

World War II The Last Heroes E1

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7hkr_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e1_shortfilms

World War II The Last Heroes E2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7i1p_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e2_shortfilms

World War II The Last Heroes E3

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7imr_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e3_shortfilms

World War II The Last Heroes E4

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7j4o_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e4_shortfilms

World War II The Last Heroes E5

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7jox_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e5_shortfilms

World War II The Last Heroes E6

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xz7k5w_world-war-ii-the-last-heroes-e6_shortfilms