Before the German Army's Ardennes offensive, Patton had his staff working on a contingency plan because he sensed their foe might counterattack in the Bastogne region. Under thick cloud cover with ...

The next day, General Patton finally arrived to relieve Bastogne. The siege had been broken, and so had the Ardennes offensive. Hitler’s grand gambit had failed. In his message on Christmas Eve ...

My life, and surely maybe yours, is full of egg stories that we’ve forgotten until a word or a smell like Easter brings back the memory of coloring eggs (purple, red, green, yellow) and writing our ...

Both Lt. Gen. Patton and Brig. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, commander of the 101st Airborne Division, are seen as heroes that saved the town of Bastogne from destruction. That legacy of service and ...

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 ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.

La fusion sera-t-elle à l'honneur ? L'inspecteur gadget de l'ancienne commune, Colombo bertognard n'est pas l'heureux élu. Le ...

On the south, General Patton’s armor blasted a corridor to Bastogne, pushed on to the north and then west to encircle the German tip south of Saint-Hubert. Patton also broadened his attacking ...

Le coup de poker du général George Patton place Bastogne sur la carte du monde. Une épopée victorieuse qui fait de cette ville le symbole de la puissance et du sacrifice américains.

He was among Gen. George Patton's forces as they relieved the Battered Bastards of Bastogne, who famously dug in and held on against brutal cold and German resistance at the Battle of the Bulge.