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By 21 December the Germans had surrounded Bastogne, which was defended by the 101st Airborne Division, the all African American 969th Artillery Battalion, and Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division. Conditions inside the perimeter were tough—most of the medical supplies and medical personnel had been captured.
17 Δεκ 2010 · Hitler himself viewed the town as a threat to German communications, and ordered a concentrated attack to take the town. The American 101st Airborne Division and part of the 10th Armored Division, totalling 18,000 troops, garrisoned the town as 45,000 Germans in three divisions surrounded the area on 21 Dec.
The 101st Airborne Division's casualties from 19 December 1944 to 6 January 1945 were 341 killed, 1,691 wounded, and 516 missing. Several regiments within the 101st were nicknamed " The Battered Bastards of Bastogne ", due to their part in holding the important crossroads town during the Battle of the Bulge.
On December 22, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, the German offensive had surrounded the town of Bastogne, Belgium. Inside the town, Brigadier General McAuliffe commanded the 101st Airborne Division and other tank and artillery units.
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") [2] is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. [3] It can plan, coordinate, and execute battalion -sized air assault operations to seize terrain.
Christmas 1944 found the Screaming Eagles, veterans of Normandy and Holland, and Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division defending besieged Bastogne while the Battle of the Bulge—Adolf Hitler’s last desperate counter-offensive of World War II—swirled around them.
17 Φεβ 2011 · The strategically important town of Bastogne, garrisoned by the US 101st Airborne Division, was completely surrounded but never fell; the 101st acting commander, Brigadier General Anthony ...
