It is Bastogne that gives us some of the great statements of American military defiance ... landscape of dead bodies and burned-out German tanks, the wreckage of the Germans’ last chance ...

Within days, Patton's Third Army had relieved Bastogne, and to the north, the 2nd U.S. Armored Division stopped enemy tanks short of the Meuse River on Christmas. Through January, American troops ...

The United States has had military bases overseas since World War II ended in 1945. These included over 300 installations dispersed throughout 49 countries in Europe and Japan. There were 225 in ...

Jones, the beleaguered and overwhelmed commander of U.S ... Bastogne, further south. Divide the entire area around St. Vith into "defensive zones/sectors," within which you would create teams of ...