A little narrative explaining it.
We got into Bastogne late on the night of 18 December, 1944. We were not well equipped, having just gotten out of combat in Holland. We were particularly short of winter clothing and footwear. On the 21st of December we became completely surrounded by Germans and our field hospital was overrun by a German attack. We had put the hospital in what would normally have been a safe place, but no place is safe when you are completely surrounded. At this time, we were not able to receive air resupply because the weather was absolutely frightful. It was very, very cold and snowy. Visibility was often measured in yards. Our lack of winter gear was partially offset by the citizens of Bastogne who gave us blankets and white linens that we used for camouflage.
While we were still surrounded, on the morning of December 22, a German surrender party, consisting of two officers and two NCOs, and carrying a white flag, approached our perimeter in the area of our Glider Regiment, the 327th. The party was taken to a nearby platoon command post. While the enlisted men were detained the officers were blind folded and taken to the command post of the 327th where they presented their surrender ultimatum. The ultimatum in essence said the 101st's position was hopeless and that if we elected not to surrender a lot of bad things would happen.
The message was brought in to the Division Headquarters by Major Alvin Jones, the S-3, and Colonel Harper, the Regimental Commander. They brought the message to me, the G-3 and Paul Danahy, the G-2. My first reaction was that this was a German ruse, designed to get our men out of their fox holes. But be that as it might, we agreed that we needed to take the message up the line. We took it first to the acting Chief of Staff of the Division, Lt. Col. Ned Moore. With him, we took the message to the acting Division Commander General Tony McAuliffe. Moore told General McAuliffe that we had a German surrender ultimatum. The General's first reaction was that the Germans wanted to surrender to us. Col. Moore quickly disabused him of that notion and explained that the German's demanded our surrender. When McAuliffe heard that he laughed and said: "Us surrender? Aw, nuts!" the date was December 22nd, 1944
One is "Through all my years in war, this the worst." "Nuts" the reply to German forces surrounding the soldiers in Bastoine when asked to surrender. (not sure of the spelling)
North Africa as part of 8th army, Sicily and into Italy, Operation Overlord, and through into Germany itself, This reply is very understated, the were hard as nails and used to crack the toughest nuts, damn shame they are not around any more !
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One is "Through all my years in war, this the worst." "Nuts" the reply to German forces surrounding the soldiers in Bastoine when asked to surrender. (not sure of the spelling)
Nuts
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By active resistance gandhiji ment 'War without voilence'.
Hitler invaded belgium to beat the french and briton went to war and japan bombed pearl harbor which ment the Americans then got involved.
North Africa as part of 8th army, Sicily and into Italy, Operation Overlord, and through into Germany itself, This reply is very understated, the were hard as nails and used to crack the toughest nuts, damn shame they are not around any more !
It was the first war of such massive scale, not every country was directly involved but it ment food shortages, supply ships sunk and stuff like that. In wars before other countrys were not really affected
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there was the war were the dug trenches or like barrers to protect them
declared war