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The Bastogne: The Battle Of The Bulge

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The Battle of the Bulge was brutal and relentless for Germany and the Allied forces. “We are surrounded. That simplifies the problem of getting at these people and killing them,” stated Lewis B. Chesty Puller (www.military-quotes.com). This quote displays the eagerness of the Americans wanting to destroy all of the German forces surrounding Bastogne. This quote also shows humor from the complete logic of the problem getting simplified. This quote corresponds with me because I was eager to kill my friend in a game. In 1944 and 1945, German forces were trying to siege the town Bastogne in Belgium from the American forces as their last counteroffensive in the west. This Battle was one of the largest land battles in World War 2. The Battle

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