forgot the german who said it but when he spoke of American Engineers they were never just Engineers but always Those Damned Engineers who at the Bulge blocked german attempts to move forward time and time again.
Forgot the Engineer outfit that this was all in reference to.
“Forgot the Engineer outfit that this was all in reference to.”
The German officer was Lt Colonel Joachim Peiper of the Waffen SS.
The Engineers were the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion. They blew up every bridge Peiper needed to cross the Meuse River.
https://armyhistory.org/the-291st-engineer-combat-battalion/