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    The siege of Bastogne (French pronunciation: [bas.tɔɲ] ) was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne...
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    Army, under the command of General George S. Patton, arrived and broke the siege. The official end of the Battle of Bastogne occurred three weeks later...
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    volunteered her service at an American military aid station during the Siege of Bastogne in December 1944. She was killed during a German air raid on Christmas...
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    lines. On 26 December the lead element of Patton's U.S. Third Army reached Bastogne from the south ending the siege. Although the offensive was effectively...
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    Augusta Chiwy (category Belgian people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent)
    23 August 2015) was a Belgian nurse who was a volunteer during the Siege of Bastogne in 1944. She worked with the U.S. Army physician John Prior and with...
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  • Jake McNiece (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    (and subsequent film) A Bridge Too Far, and at the Siege of Bastogne, part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. During fighting in the Netherlands, he acted...
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    Battleground (film) (category Western Front of World War II films)
    Regiment, 101st Airborne Division as they fight in the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, in World War II. It stars Van Johnson, John Hodiak...
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    Ronald Speirs (category Perpetrators of World War II prisoner of war massacres)
    Company during an assault on Foy, Belgium, after the siege of Bastogne was broken during the Battle of the Bulge. He finished the war in the European Theater...
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  • Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, the invasion of Germany, the liberation of the Kaufering concentration camp, the taking of the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's...
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  • Bastogne may refer to: Bastogne, a city in Belgium Siege of Bastogne, part of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II "Bastogne" (Band of Brothers)...
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  • 969th Field Artillery Battalion (United States) (category African-American history of the United States military)
    Division during the siege of Bastogne. (Battle of the Bulge) Because of the heavy losses suffered by the 333rd, some of its remaining members were reassigned...
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    Vincent Speranza (category Recipients of the Legion of Honour)
    His first engagement was in the Siege of Bastogne, where he operated a machine gun from a foxhole. During the siege, he visited a wounded comrade at...
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  • during the World War II German siege of Bastogne Nutty slack, cheap fuel consisting of slack (coal dust) and small lumps of coal (nuts) (British English)...
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    101st Airborne Division (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2017)
    opened a corridor to Bastogne, ending the siege. The division got the nickname "The Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne". With the encirclement...
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    The Bastogne War Museum is a World War II museum focusing on the Battle of the Bulge. It is located a few kilometers northeast of the Bastogne city center...
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    Anthony McAuliffe (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated...
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    327th Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    1949 movie Battleground about the Siege of Bastogne in late 1944. In WWI the 327th Infantry Regiment served as part of the 164th Infantry Brigade in the...
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  • Netherlands, the Siege of Bastogne, Hagenau, Ruhr/ Germany, and occupation duties in Austria. Three essays are provided at the back of the book in appendix...
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    Come and take it (category Flags of the United States)
    the Battle of Waterloo (1815) "NUTS!", historic response to an offer of surrender from Nazi Germany at the Siege of Bastogne (1944) Reply of the Zaporozhian...
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    9th Armored Division (United States) (category Armored divisions of the United States Army)
    then launch the coordinated attack which raised the siege of Bastogne and contributed to saving much of Luxembourg and its capital from another German invasion...
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    and as one of the main stars in Battleground, as a green replacement in the 101st Airborne Division during the Siege of Bastogne. At the age of 24, Thompson...
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    501st Infantry Regiment (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
    fight at Bastogne when one of its battalions ran into the enemy near Neffe, a few kilometers out of Bastogne. During the defense of Bastogne, the 501st...
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    Battle of the Mons Pocket (1944) Siege of Bastogne, Belgium (1944) Battle of the Ruhr Pocket (1945) Battle of Berlin (1945) Six-Day War (1967) Battle of Khorramshahr...
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    A siege (Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit') is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault...
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    months of the war in Europe, closing the Falaise pocket in mid-August, and playing the key role in relieving the Siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the...
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    Tobruk Siege of Budapest Siege of Breslau Siege of Bastogne Siege of Budapest (1945) General Arctic Convoys Battle of the Atlantic – the name given to the...
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    Maxwell D. Taylor (category Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)
    was not present for the division's action during the Siege of Bastogne as part of the Battle of the Bulge since he was attending a staff conference in...
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  • of Elsenborn Ridge Losheim Gap Battle of Lanzerath Ridge Battle of Clervaux Battle of St. Vith Siege of Bastogne Operation Bodenplatte Operation Nordwind:...
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    1959), actor Vincent Speranza (1925-2023), WW2 veteran and hero of the siege of Bastogne, born and raised in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood Mickey Spillane...
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  • and film director, in Norfolk, Virginia The Siege of Bastogne began in Belgium as part of the Battle of the Bulge. Dwight D. Eisenhower was made a five-star...
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