On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
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Tuesday, 25 December 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - Heavy fighting continues all around the perimeter of the Stalingrad Kessel, while the decimated and starving troops of the German 6th Army receive their last rations of horse meat, the 12,000 horses in the pocket having now all been slaughtered.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
On the same day - 1944 - Fighting continues in the "Battle of the Bulge", while in the southern portion of the German attack, surrounded US troops continue to hold out against repeated German attempts to take vital road junction at Bastogne.
Monday, 17 December 2012
On This Day
On This Day - 1944 - Germany counter attack in the Ardennes. The Germans mounted a series of counter-attacks on the Western front allowing them to re-cross the borders of Luxembourg and Belgium. On the second day of what now appears to be a full-scale counter offensive, the Germans attacked with tanks and aircraft along a 70-mile front guarded by American forces in the Ardennes region.
It became known as the "Battle of the Bulge"
It became known as the "Battle of the Bulge"
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