Eisenhower asks Patton when he could launch a counterattack on the enemy, "As soon as you're through with me." Patton said. "The Kraut has stuck his head in a meat grinder, and this time I've got hold of the handle!" 🇺🇸

Patton mobilized 3 divisions and moves them to Bastogne. 🪖

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Today in 1894, a Jewish officer in the French army by the name of Alfred Dreyfus is falsely convicted of treason for supposedly passing military secrets to Germany. A decade later, the revelation that he is in fact innocent rocks France and lays bare deep rooted antisemitism.

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In December of 1944, an American patrol moves in on a smoldering tank to check the status of its occupants in Belgium. 🪖

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In December of 1943, a machine gun crew of the 5th Army loads a pack mule with a machine gun & ammunition for the long trek up a mountain pass near Venafro, Italy. 🪖

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During the Battle of the Bulge, the Luftwaffe made an attempt to supply SS Kampfgruppe Peiper from the air. ✈️

Only about 10% of the dropped supplies, fuel, ammunition, food, landed in German-held territory, the rest was taken care of by grateful American soldiers.🇺🇸

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81 years ago today, General Anthony McAulliffe is formally asked to surrender by the Germans.

His reply: NUTS! 🇺🇸

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Soviet assault on Koenigsberg with a ZiS-2 57mm anti-tank gun and PPSh-41 submachine guns in April, 1945.

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81 years ago today, an American soldier tries to absorb some warmth from the pale sunlight in freezing temperatures during the Siege of Bastogne. 🪖

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Today in 1914, a German plane appears over Dover, England and drops the first bomb to ever fall on British soil in wartime. It lands in a garden in the town. "We didn't then know that it was possible for an aeroplane to come over and drop bombs in anger," recalls one resident.

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On this day in 1814, the Treaty of Ghent officially ends the war between the United States and Great Britain. News of the peace deal takes weeks to reach the frontlines where the fighting continues into the new year.

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Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone

81 years ago, soldiers of the 84th Infantry Division decorate a Christmas tree in the cellar of a home in Westphalia, Germany. 🎄

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In December of 1944, Sgt. John O’Brien in his foxhole with his Christmas tree decorated with “tinsel” dropped from American planes near Monschau, Germany. 🎄

Tinfoil was dropped by American planes to disrupt enemy radar systems. ✈️

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In December of 1944, General Anthony McAuliffe of the 101st Airborne Division and his staff in Bastogne at Christmas. 🎄

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George Patton making a speech for US troops, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, spring 1944

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In late 1944, Pvt. Walter Prysbyla of the 2nd Infantry Division writes Christmas cards home for friends & family from an artillery ammunition storehouse in Heckhalenfeld, Germany. 🪖🎄

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82 years ago today, American soldiers kneel and pray in a field during a Christmas Mass near the front in the Italian Campaign.🪖

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On Christmas Day in 1943, Soldiers on the Italian front reverently bow their heads as Lt. Harvey Bell, Chaplain with the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, says grace prior to a Christmas meal.

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In December of 1941, Santa dropped in on the boys at Camp Lee, Virginia in his Willys Jeep. 🎅🏼

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