In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. Hubert by passing through Hombres Sibret-Tillet.
More German armored units have crossed the river Ourthe near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne. They were not surrendering, but had come with a demand that the outnumbered, ill-equipped, and surrounded American paratroopers surrender. On Dec. 22, American troops saw four Germans carrying a white flag. Air support was scant due to extremely poor weather, so the 101st Airborne Division was alone in Belgium without any support. They were pulled out of a rest area when the Battle of the Bulge started and were rushed to Belgium without being issued winter clothing. The soldiers of the 101st were ill-equipped to be on the front lines in winter. They were outnumbered and surrounded by the German Army in the middle of the Battle of the Bulge-with orders to hold Bastogne, Belgium, a town that connected a critical network of roads. Even with that experience it’s impossible to fathom what it must have been like for the men of the 101st Airborne on Christmas 1944. I will never forget being 18, alone, and spending my first Christmas thousands of miles away from home. Being in the military during the holidays is always difficult.
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