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re: 70 Years Ago today: US Brig Gen McAuliffe Said to the Germans "NUTS!"
Posted on 12/22/14 at 12:23 pm to White Roach
Posted on 12/22/14 at 12:23 pm to White Roach
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What sucks is that the guy starts an interesting thread, had some great responses (like the Toye quote and the link to the Army Times article), and it gets ruined before its off page one.
Maybe yankeeundercover is being sincere about his confusion, but the downvoting and petty attacks are typical of any DV thread. It's fricking ridiculous.
Sad but true. I was looking forward to a good thread discussing the Battle of the Bulge until the usual cast of trolls that are allowed to run rampant on the OT came in and hijacked yet another thread.
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Posted on 12/22/14 at 4:39 pm to Darth_Vader
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I was looking forward to a good thread discussing the Battle of the Bulge
Darth, based on my own study over the years, IMHO, the German request to surrender was a bluff.
The reason why it was a bluff is because, at the moment the surrender request was submitted, the German forces around Bastogne were too weak to either attack and capture Bastogne or blast Bastogne into rubble with artillery fire.
Once the Germans by-passed Bastogne, they never marshaled sufficient force to overrun the 101st ABN defending the perimeter.
Is this in line with your thinking and conclusions?
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