As Christmas approaches, the quiet western sector turns deadly. German tanks burst from the tree line in coordinated waves, ...

As German forces encircle Bastogne and sever all roads, General McAuliffe faces a siege without mercy and without ...

Allied forces eventually came to more than 700,000 men – 600,000 American and 100,000 British and Canadians – with over 80,000 casualties. In the Bastogne area alone, 25,000 German lives and 23,000 ...

Pvt. John Towle who, faced with a company-size enemy force with armor support and comported himself like a one-man anti-tank ...

About two years ago I was talking with Mike, a friend of mine I've known since Ronald Reagan was still in the White House, and he asked me a question out of left field: What if we went on a tour of ...

Nicknamed the “Bloody Bucket” by the Germans, the 28th Infantry Division played a major role during the Battle of the Bulge.

Bastogne was the base of the 101st Airborne Division during the brutal battle. At one point, the besieged acting commander, US Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, was handed a German ultimatum to ...

And thus began the Battle of the Bulge. This German counteroffensive moved forward fast, creating the bulge that gave the battle its name. But the German advance hit bottlenecks at Bastogne and other ...

Eighty years ago on Jan. 16, Allied armies (U.S. and British) forced a German retreat that ended the last major German offensive of World War II, “The Battle of the Bulge.” In December 1944, a ...

The last major German offensive in Europe erupted in the Ardennes Forest 80 years ago when Hitler’s army attacked the U.S. Army in what proved to be one of the bloodiest months during World War II.

American and German losses would eventually approach 80,000 infantry and 800 tanks – for each side. Churchill later paid tribute to the US Army in the Ardennes offensive.