[Hebrews 11:6]

didn't the movie skip lightly over most of the action between Bastogne and VE-Day?

Perhaps the movie-maker's logic was, "We'll use the drama of Patton riding to the rescue of the Allies at Bastogne as the movie's climax or high point, so we'll minimize all the later action."

[Tax-chick]

A history book is one thing, and setting up a dramatic film is something else again. Bastogne was the obvious climax.