![]() ![]() ![]() The response from American General Anthony McAuliffe, the one word response, “Nuts”, the American slang, confusing to the German delegation. The German demand to surrender, of December 22. 22,800 Americans, outnumbered five to one in some places and surrounded, in the do-or-die fight to hold the indispensable crossroads, of Bastogne. The story of the “Battered Bastards” is likewise, well known. ![]() The tactical surprise was complete, British and American forces separated and driven back, their positions forming an inward “bulge” on wartime battle maps. The terrain was considered unsuitable for such an attack. The desperate drive to capture the Belgian port of Antwerp, vital to German re-supply efforts. The Battle of the Bulge is a familiar tale: The massive German offensive bursting out of the frozen Ardennes forest on December 16, 1944. ![]()
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