Battle of the Bulge – 67 years ago

The comic above refers to an incident that happened during the Battle of the Bulge. Sixty-seven years ago today Allied soldiers were fighting a desperate battle to stop the Nazi attempt to break the encircling Allied Armies. It was an attempt that came too close to success for comfort. This battle was the largest and bloodiest battle fought. 89,000 soldiers were killed or wounded (19,000 dead).

In the middle of the worst part of the attack, that Nazis had encircled the 101st Airborne and Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division in the town of Bastogne and ordered the general in charge to surrender. His answer became famous:

https://homeupgradespecialist.com/qfvbfh675t By 21 December the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, which was defended by the 101st Airborne Division and Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. Conditions inside the perimeter were tough—most of the medical supplies and medical personnel had been captured. Food was scarce, and by 22 December artillery ammunition was restricted to 10 rounds per gun per day. The weather cleared the next day, however, and supplies (primarily ammunition) were dropped over four of the next five days.

https://www.clawscustomboxes.com/b21su9pdgka Despite determined German attacks, however, the perimeter held. The German commander, Lt. Gen. Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, requested Bastogne’s surrender. When Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st, was told of the Nazi demand to surrender, in frustration he responded, “Nuts!” After turning to other pressing issues, his staff reminded him that they should reply to the German demand. One officer, Lt. Col. Harry Kinnard, noted that McAuliffe’s initial reply would be “tough to beat.” Thus McAuliffe wrote on the paper, which was typed up and delivered to the Germans, the line he made famous and a morale booster to his troops: “NUTS!” That reply had to be explained, both to the Germans and to non-American Allies.

https://www.completerehabsolutions.com/blog/8ijd0towkhc On Christmas Day 1944 the German divisions surrounding Bastogne attacked but were repulsed. But, while the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, General George Patton’s Third Army had started a difficult winter march to the rescue. On Christmas Day the 101st and the 10th repulsed the Germans. On St. Stephen’s Day Patton and the Third Army arrived and Bastogne was relieved.

Buy Alprazolam Bulk Many years later, I was to serve as a medical laboratory specialist in the reference laboratories of the Third Army. At that time the Third Army Medical Laboratories were at Fort McPherson in East Pointe, Georgia.