BASTOGNE WALK COMMEMORATES LARGEST LAND BATTLE IN U.S. ARMY HISTORY
November 25, 2008
November 25, 2008
SCHINNEN, Netherlands, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
By Tom Budzyna,
U.S. Army Garrison Schinnen Public Affairs Office
In 1944, all seven main roads in the Ardennes mountain range converged on the small town of Bastogne, Belgium, making control of that crossroads imperative for a German advance in World War II - a place allied forces had to defend at all cost. It remains the scene of the largest land battle in U.S. Army history . . .
By Tom Budzyna,
U.S. Army Garrison Schinnen Public Affairs Office
In 1944, all seven main roads in the Ardennes mountain range converged on the small town of Bastogne, Belgium, making control of that crossroads imperative for a German advance in World War II - a place allied forces had to defend at all cost. It remains the scene of the largest land battle in U.S. Army history . . .