Bastogne still holds!
On December 7th, almost overnight, the small Belgian town of Bastogne suddenly made headlines in American newspapers.
From The New York Times to The Washington Post to The Boston Herald, from the East Coast to the West Coast, nearly every major newspaper featured the Battle of Bastogne on their front page.
Radio stations were also talking about this battle.
Not the Battle of the Ardennes!
But the "Battle of Bastogne!"
It was an epic battle!
Five divisions of German armored troops were entering Bastogne, while there were only a few thousand "American soldiers" there, armed with nothing but rifles and mortars, facing a full German armored corps.
At that moment, on the streets and in the alleys of almost every American city, everyone was talking about this battle, about the brave "American soldiers" fighting in it.
6,000 VS 70,000!
Light infantry VS armored troops!
Just thinking about it gets your blood pumping.
