BATTLE OF THE BULGE

Germany knew the war was lost.  The people, the generals and soldiers all knew the war was lost except.........Hitler!
Hitler launched the offensive on December 16 throwing everything he had into what came to be called, "The battle of the bulge".  The intent was to split the American and British forces by recapturing Antwerp.
The Nazis made significant gains taking advantage of the terrible weather that prevented Allied air support from resupplying the entrenched American defenders.
The story is told in dramatic fashion in the television special "Band of Brothers", the story of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.  The fighting, the shelling and the cold were always there to one degree or another from December 16 to January 25.
Patton and the Third Army was finally able to break the back of the German offensive and relieve those defenders of Bastogne...........Medicineman!