On the eve of Christmas, Bastogne endures a fierce German assault as Hill 500 falls and Marvie burns with wreckage and frozen losses. Despite the devastation, American troops stand firm. From covert ...

Bastogne and its outskirts were then being pounded by the Germans, who planned a Christmas Day attack to overrun the place. It was bitterly cold, and a foot of snow was on ground, he remembered. One ...

On December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers launched a surprise attack on Allied troops in a forested region of Belgium and Luxembourg known as the Ardennes. The ensuing World War II ...

"The snow turned red," machine gunner Vincent Speranza recalled, as the hastily dug-in troops of the 101st Airborne Division opened up on attacking German infantry and tanks to defend the Belgian ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...