![]() ![]() The advancing troops took out the source of enemy fire. They faced a fierce firefight with the 82nd Airborne Division. German troops had advanced to the village of Cheneux. Battle of the Bulge: Day 6 - Cheneux (02:59) Surrender was not an option for the well-trained paratroopers. American defenders were completely surrounded as German guns pounded them. Battle of the Bulge: Day 5 - Defenders of Bastogne (02:07) Medics were forced to work around the clock. Vith and Bastogne, American tankers and paratroopers fought off repeated attacks. Critical Crossroads (03:04)Īt the critical road junctions of St. ![]() Over 7,000 surviving troops were forced to yield to the enemy's forces. Two divisions of elite airborne troops rushed to the Front. ![]() Hitler's last major offensive in Europe crashed against the Allied line. Battle of the Bulge: Day 4 - American Surrender (02:33) The Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne were sent to defend Bastogne. ![]() General Eisenhower moved quickly to cope with the German onslaught, ordering a quarter-million troops. Eisenhower's Response to German Attacks (01:26) SS troops shot 70 or more men in cold blood. At Malmedy, 150 Americans were taken prisoner. German panzers captured American fuel depots and advanced with Allied fuel. Battle of the Bulge: Day 2 - Malmedy Massacre (02:25) German officers hesitated to tell Hitler the whole truth. Hitler believed that success was completely within his grasp. Three German armies punched holes 12 miles deep in the thinly held Front. These actions began the undoing of Hitler's plan to split the Allied forces. A platoon of 22 Americans blocked the Lanzerath road. Over 20 German divisions launched surprise attacks at the thinly held American defenses. Outside the town of Lanzerath, the German spearhead of 500 was halted by 22 Americans, who caused 400 casualties among the enemy. To keep their panzers rolling, Germans captured American fuel dumps. The objective of Hitler's plan was to drive the Allies back into the sea at Antwerp and split the Anglo-American alliance in two. Allied photo analysts failed to spot Germany's secret amassing of over 20 divisions of men and machinery. Throughout the campaign, air reconnaissance had pictures of the battlefields below. Army began an epic 44-day struggle between Americans and Germans. 16, 1944, the largest land battle in the history of the U.S. Largest Land Battle in History (03:02) FREE PREVIEW ![]()
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