Germany started the Battle of the Bulge with a bang. A huge, ugly bang that crashed into the American troops and relentlessly drove them backward. The German penetration into the American lines in the ...

This video tells the dramatic story of General George S. Patton’s rapid 48-hour pivot during World War II, launched to relieve the besieged town of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge. As German ...

Seventy-one years ago this month, in December 1944, the 101st Airborne was under siege at the Belgian town of Bastogne. The Germans had mounted a surprise Ardennes Offensive on Dec. 16, with ...

When German forces broke through the Ardennes in December 1944, the Allied front seemed dangerously close to collapse. At a ...

In early December 1944, Gen. George S. Patton Jr., commander of the United States’ 3rd Army, stood with his troops at Germany’s doorstep. He’d pushed his men across France toward Germany with furious ...

Most Americans recall no more than three World War II generals: Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and the best-remembered ultimate warrior: General George S. Patton. Memory is legacy; memory is ...

Dec. 16, 1944, put a halt to the hopes of millions of Americans that the long and vicious war in Europe would end quickly and further American casualties would be few. On that morning, in the midst of ...

The Battle of the Bulge was the last German offensive of World War II, and the Siege of Bastogne the scene of a heroic defence by American paratroopers. Seventy-five years on, the Belgian town is ...