With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse the cross roads town of Bastogne vital for the success of Hitlers last attempt to check the Allies in the west the Americans ...

1944, the Germans launch a massive attack on the poorly defended Allied front in the Ardennes. The 101st Airborne Division hole up near the city of Bastogne to stop the advance of the Wehrmacht.

Thus began a Christmas Eve message from General Anthony McAuliffe to his troops besieged at the Belgium town of Bastogne. Adolf Hitler had launched a desperate counteroffensive against the allies ...