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re: 70 Years Ago today: US Brig Gen McAuliffe Said to the Germans "NUTS!"
Posted on 12/22/14 at 5:10 pm to Champagne
Posted on 12/22/14 at 5:10 pm to Champagne
I don't know if it was an all out bluff or not, but Wolfhound's link goes into this a bit. The threatened artillery barrage never took place because the guns had been moved with the advancing front and some of the encircling units also moved west. (The Luftwaffe bombed the city that night.)
McAuliffe was sleeping when the "surrender, or else" letter got to Division HQ. He initially misunderstood what he was being told and asked, "The Germans want to surrender?"
McAuliffe was sleeping when the "surrender, or else" letter got to Division HQ. He initially misunderstood what he was being told and asked, "The Germans want to surrender?"
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Posted on 12/22/14 at 5:12 pm to White Roach
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The threatened artillery barrage never took place because the guns had been moved with the advancing front and some of the encircling units also moved west
This supports my contention that it was a bluff. The main body headed West for the Meuse River. A masking force was left behind to contain Bastogne.
The Germans did mount an attack on Bastogne perimeter on Christmas Day, but, this was three days after the Bluff.
The Germans again mounted an attack on Bastogne perimeter on January 3rd, 1945, with some Waffen SS forces that had earlier in the battle fought on the north face of the Bulge.
This post was edited on 12/22/14 at 5:33 pm
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