1 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Love, love, love, love, love 2 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:43,000 Love, love, love, love, love 3 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:49,000 Love, love, love, love, love 4 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,000 Love, love, love, love, love 5 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,000 Love, love, love, love, love 6 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Love, love, love, love, love 7 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:58,000 In December 1944, American forces were pummeled by German Panzer Divisions in the... 8 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,000 It was a decisive moment in World War II. 9 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 Hitler would either succeed in pushing back the approaching Allied armies. 10 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:12,000 If he can drive the Americans and the British all the way back to the coastline, he may ... 11 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:20,000 Late in October, the Germans began secretly moving their units to points east of the... 12 00:09:20,000 --> 00:09:24,000 A quarter million Germans rolled towards the Western Front. 13 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:27,000 But officers in Allied intelligence refused to believe it. 14 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:32,000 They all agree the Germans don't have the military strength for such an attack. 15 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:47,000 Early morning on December 16, a shattering barrage of German artillery and rocket fir... 16 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:54,000 Loomy weather for the next several days provides effective cover for the German mi... 17 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,000 Panzer units slash through. 18 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:01,000 In the center, the Germans gouge a 12-mile corridor to the approaches of Bastogne. 19 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:10,000 They are ordered to surround and bypass this town, then drive for the Meuse River. 20 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,000 There is all-out confusion. 21 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 Communications are sketchy. 22 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:19,000 American troops discover Germans in front and behind them. 23 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Panzers, under cover of fog and rain, slip into American armored columns, then blast ... 24 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:36,000 More than 7,000 soldiers of the 106th destroy their weapons and give up. 25 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:43,000 Next to Bataan, this is the largest mass surrender in military history. 26 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:48,000 Elsewhere, with communication shattered, other Americans fight isolated holding... 27 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:54,000 Gradually, small scattered units slow the German advance, especially around St. Vit. 28 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:59,000 The 5th Panzer Army had good success in the southern part of the invasion. 29 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,000 However, the effects were not what the Germans had wanted. 30 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,000 They were trying to race to the Meuse River in two days. 31 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:11,000 On the third day, General Dwight Eisenhower orders General Patton's 3rd Army to attack... 32 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,000 and relieve Bastogne. 33 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,000 December 20th, the Battle of the Bulge is in its fifth day. 34 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:22,000 American forces are reeling under the impact of the mighty German offensive. 35 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:28,000 General Patton and his 3rd Army are driving north toward Bastogne to counterattack. 36 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:36,000 December 21st, a wintry snow falls throughout the Ardennes. 37 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,000 St. Vit is taken by the Germans. 38 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,000 Now the center route across the Ardennes is wide open. 39 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:51,000 The Germans flow around Bastogne on all sides, encircling the American forces there. 40 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 They thought the Germans were beaten after the race across France. 41 00:11:54,000 --> 00:12:00,000 The Germans were not beaten. 42 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:04,000 December 22nd, the situation in Bastogne grows desperate. 43 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:06,000 Ammunition is short. 44 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:12,000 McCollough's artillery battalions are down to 10 rounds per gun, and it's still snowing. 45 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,000 The cold causes more casualties. 46 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Frostbite is rampant among the troops. 47 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:21,000 The Germans send an emissary to Bastogne with an ultimatum. 48 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:28,000 Since the Americans are surrounded and there is only one possibility to save them from... 49 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,000 General McCollough's reply is short and to the point. 50 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,000 McCollough's bravado is based on the expectation of the Third Army. 51 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:38,000 General Patton's timetable is a critical factor. 52 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:42,000 If the Germans move on Bastogne, they can easily take it at this point. 53 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:47,000 The surrounded and undermanned U.S. Army watches and waits anxiously for... 54 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:52,000 The freezing cold conditions don't make it easier for either side. 55 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:55,000 The next day, December 23rd, dawns bright and sunny. 56 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,000 Perfect flying weather. 57 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:03,000 Americans in Bastogne cheer as Allied planes fly overhead to bomb and strafe the enemy. 58 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:05,000 To drop supplies. 59 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:09,000 Not all that's needed, but enough to enable the Americans to hang on. 60 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:22,000 On Christmas Day, news reaches Bastogne that the western spearhead of the German's 2nd... 61 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:27,000 When Hitler is told by his generals, he orders the expected all-out attack. 62 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:40,000 The Wehrmacht advances on Bastogne with nine divisions, four of them armored. 63 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:44,000 A great part of this effort is aimed at closing the American corridor to the south. 64 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:48,000 On January 3rd, the Allies launch a three-pronged counterattack. 65 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:53,000 By January 16th, patrols from the 1st and 3rd Armies meet north of Bastogne. 66 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:58,000 By early February, the Germans have been pushed back to where they started. 67 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,000 By the end of the Battle of the Bulge, they knew they couldn't win. 68 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:09,000 And from that time on, the remains of the Panzer Lehr Division are reset to the east... 69 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:13,000 It became clear that the German Army no longer could fight on the western front. 70 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:22,000 The German Army is now in the rear of the German army. 71 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:26,000 The German Army is now in the rear of the German army. 72 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:30,000 The German Army is now in the rear of the German army. 73 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:34,000 The German Army is now in the rear of the German army. 74 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:38,000 The German Army 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