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NARRATOR: December, 1944.
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When Nazi forces launch a surprise
offensive into Luxembourg
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American troops get trapped by a German
tank crew calling for their surrender.
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MAN: Americans, Americans!
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NARRATOR: The American
NCO considers his options.
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McMANUS: Door number one:
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step outside of cover and try and snap off
a shot with a bazooka.
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Door number two: surrender.
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NARRATOR: Not liking those choices...
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Showman chooses Door Number Three...
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Go, go, go. Out. Retreat.
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McMANUS: The Back Door.
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NARRATOR: On June 6th, 1944
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Allied forces finally land troops
in Normandy to open the western front.
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(speaking in German)
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(in English) But Nazi fanatics
and diehards
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continue to fight ruthlessly for survival.
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D-Day was a battle.
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The Allies still need to win the war.
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December 15th, 1944.
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The Ardennes Forest, Luxembourg.
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Two German soldiers
sneak into the town of Clervaux.
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The streets are quiet.
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McMANUS: Clervaux is a beautiful, charming
Luxembourg town that's held
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by the Americans.
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It had been for about a couple of months
by December 1944.
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It's maybe about six, seven miles
from the advance outpost front lines.
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NARRATOR: American soldiers
are on leave here.
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MAN: Have a good night?
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McMANUS: The town had not been destroyed
in any fighting to liberate it.
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So, it was a good place for GI's to go
and, uh, have a little R&R
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and just kind of enjoy themselves
for a couple days.
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NARRATOR: The German soldiers
make their way through town,
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and pick the lock of a pharmacy.
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They are forward artillery observers.
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SCHRIJVERS: Forward artillery observers
are highly trained soldiers,
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so what they do
is they position themselves
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as close to or inside
the enemy front lines.
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They then have to pass
to on their artillery batteries
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the coordinates of the main enemy targets.
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NARRATOR: Once inside,
they set up a radio in a back room.
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The Germans now have
an artillery observation position
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well behind the American line
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and not far from the command post
of US 110th infantry regiment.
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SCHRIJVERS: The presence of German forward
artillery observers inside Clervaux
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is of course an ominous sign.
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It means
that trouble is brewing in the east.
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NARRATOR: Trouble that will catch
the Allies woefully off guard.
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Since D-Day, combined Allied forces
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have pushed the German
army out of most of France,
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Belgium and Luxembourg
back to within Germany's borders.
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As part of the US 28th infantry division,
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the 110th infantry regiment
now guards a portion of the front
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in the Ardennes Forest
between Luxembourg and Germany.
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Normally, an American division
would hold a front of four or five miles.
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ZALOGA: What happens
in the Ardennes is that
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the units are very badly stretched out
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so for example a 28th was stretched out
almost 30 miles wide
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and worse than that
it was three regiments up front.
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NARRATOR: This means
that in case of German attack,
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there's not a full regiment in reserve.
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ZALOGA: So, it was not only stretched
very thinly
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it had no back up force behind it.
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NARRATOR: This is because Americans
consider this stretch
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a "ghost" or "quiet" sector.
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ZALOGA: The senior US commanders
are under the impression
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that the Germans are massing their forces
waiting for the US to attack.
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They don't think
that anybody would be crazy enough
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to attack through the Ardennes.
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NARRATOR: But the Allies
mistake Hitler's ambitions.
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Instead of digging in for the winter,
he prepares a massive operation
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called Wacht am Rhein.
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LIEB: The German objective
for Wacht am Rhein is to re-seize Antwerp
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and cut the Allies
off from their most important supply line.
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To drive a wedge between
the Americans and the British.
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Both in the military sense,
and in a political sense.
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NARRATOR: If successful,
Hitler believes he can repeat history.
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ZALOGA: Because the ultimate objective
of the battle of the Ardennes
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is the second Dunkirk.
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What they're trying to do is separate
the US Army from the British Army,
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force the British Army to abandon Europe.
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NARRATOR: He expects the western Allies
to sue for peace
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and Germany can focus
exclusively on the eastern front
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to defeat the Soviet Union.
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More than 200,000 German soldiers
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and hundreds of tanks
move secretly into position.
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General Major Meinrad von Lauchert
will lead Hitler's charge from Dasburg
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seven-miles east of Clervaux.
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Freshly recalled
from regimental command in Russia,
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von Lauchert takes control
of 2nd Panzer Division.
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SCHRIJVERS: Colonel Meinrad von Lauchert
is a very experienced officer.
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But he is put in command
of the 2nd Panzer Division
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only the day before
the counter offensive kicks off.
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So, he has not been involved
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in the planning of the operation
in any way.
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Indeed, he hasn't had time to consult
even with his regimental commanders.
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NARRATOR: Von Lauchert's forces
of nearly 13,000 men,
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will smash through
the American line quickly
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to capture and control the local roads.
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SCHRIJVERS: The Germans need
hard surfaced roads for their tanks.
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Seven of those hard surfaced roads
come together
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in that crucial town of Bastogne.
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NARRATOR: The Germans will then use
those roads to swing north,
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to recapture Antwerp.
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Called: Operation Watch
on the Rhine in English.
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The ambitious plan
is predicated on speed, surprise,
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and Hitler's belief that the undermanned
American line will crumble
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in the face of adversity.
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LIEB: Hitler still underestimates
the Americans.
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They've shown in the past couple
of months that they are quite good
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in fighting an offensive war.
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But defensively they are weak, yeah?
They are just not stable enough.
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They don't understand
what this war is about.
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NARRATOR: Early on December 16th, 1944.
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The first of Colonel von Lauchert's
infantry troops cross the Our River
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in boats to slip unseen,
through the enemy line.
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In the American sector of the Ardennes,
Private Leroy Scheller
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joins B Company's nighttime patrol.
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The 110th Infantry of course had just been
through the Hurtgen Forest battle,
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had been decimated there.
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It's working at anywhere between 50 to 66%
strength or so
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and hopefully upward from there,
so man power's a bit of at a premium.
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NARRATOR: The patrol leaves
their assigned strongpoint of Marnach,
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less than five miles from the front.
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In the eerie quiet of the night,
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they halt as they hear footsteps...
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(footsteps approaching)
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And scramble for cover.
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A German platoon passes in the darkness.
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ZALOGA: Instead of depending
on the artillery before the battle starts,
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when it's still dark,
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these guys are going to go sneaking
through the forest
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because they know
that the American defenses are very thin.
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NARRATOR: Schaller and his patrol
stay hidden in the cold.
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Schaller's patrol as I understand
it was not a combat patrol.
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You know, basically looking for action.
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It was a recon patrol
just to kind of sweep around
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and see what was going on.
So you, saw what was going on,
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there's some Germans out there
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and you could then live
to report that to your superiors.
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NARRATOR: When the threat passes,
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they return to Marnach to warn the others.
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Back in Clervaux,
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the German artillery observers remain
undiscovered by American forces there.
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Earlier they scouted the town
and identified key targets
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for the coming barrage.
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Forward artillery observers
will be looking for main targets
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for their artillery batteries to hit:
troop strongholds, uh, tank positions.
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They want to bring artillery
down on targets very nearby,
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but they don't want
to be blown up themselves.
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NARRATOR: As Private Schaller
and the others stumble into Marnach...
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They find one of B Company's officers
to report on their patrol.
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Combined with other observations,
it seems like the Germans are mobilizing.
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As the minutes pass,
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the German artillery observers
break radio silence
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to relay key coordinates
to German headquarters.
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At around 0530,
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members of B Company
in Marnach hear a distant boom...
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and a torrent
of artillery streams overhead.
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The German attack has begun.
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NARRATOR: December 16th, 1944. Luxembourg.
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The German army
launches the opening salvos
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of what would come to be known
as the Battle of the Bulge.
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(artillery fire)
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American Sergeant JJ Kuhn
watches as artillery streams overhead.
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Kuhn's 110th infantry regiment
protects a ten mile stretch of highway
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directly across the Our River.
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Short of men,
they cannot defend the entire line.
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Instead they position companies
at key crossroads along the highway,
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Marnach, held by Company B,
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protects one of the only paved roads
to Bastogne.
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The Germans are trying to launch
a fast-mechanized attack,
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to penetrate through the American lines
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so they can race to the Meuse River
and then on to Antwerp.
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Time is of the essence and in order
to move fast they need good roads.
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NARRATOR: Days before, Sergeant Kuhn
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had noticed signs of a buildup
of Nazi forces
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which he tries to share
with his commanding officer,
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Colonel Hurley Fuller.
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McMANUS: Does he appreciate
the bigger picture of how massive this is
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and Hitler's thinking? No, of course not.
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But he does understand
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that something is different
on the German side of the hill
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and that this is going to have
consequences for his B-company
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and that's what matters to him,
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and so like any good NCO,
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he wants to make sure he has the attention
of those above him.
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Copy that, sir.
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NARRATOR: Kuhn's concerns were dismissed.
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(explosion)
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(explosions)
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Now Colonel Fuller,
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based two miles west in Clervaux,
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awakens to the sound of German artillery
striking near his command post.
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(explosion)
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He races downstairs
to contact his company commanders.
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Come on, boys, I need some reports.
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NARRATOR: But artillery
has knocked out his phone lines
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and radio frequencies are jammed.
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Any word here?
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- NARRATOR: Cut off...
- MAN: Nothing, we're not getting through.
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NARRATOR: ...Fuller has no way of knowing
the scale of the attack
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nor can he call divisional command
for reinforcements.
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The communication chain
has been severed up and down.
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Fuller desperately needs information
to organize his defenses,
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so he sends runners
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to establish contact
with his company commanders.
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Meanwhile, northeast of Fuller's sector
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Sergeant Frank Olsen of the neighboring
112th infantry regiment,
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heads into the woods to check in
with his men on guard duty.
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McMANUS: Well, the Ardennes is very dark.
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Not only woods, but also the time of year,
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and of course the fact
that it's a warfront.
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It's incredibly dark.
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NARRATOR: As he moves between foxholes
gunfire breaks out around him.
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MAN: We got an ambush on our hands!
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NARRATOR: The forest
is full of German soldiers.
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(gunfire)
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MAN: Right!
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NARRATOR: Olsen must act
and get word to headquarters.
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(gunfire)
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MAN: Stay low! Stay low!
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He takes his helmet off
because the helmet would silhouette him
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as an American even in the dark.
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NARRATOR: With his helmet
tucked under his arm,
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he sprints back to his command post.
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NARRATOR: And encounters
even more Germans as he runs.
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He's bumping into these guys,
one of them even curses at him,
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but doesn't notice that he's an American
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but he and several others
are able to get out of there,
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just by that kind of clumsy stealth.
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MAN: Incoming!
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NARRATOR: Olsen breaks free
from the tangle
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and reaches the farmhouse command post.
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MAN: Let's go! Move forward!
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Keep firing! Let 'em have it!
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NARRATOR: When suddenly
the forest is bathed in light.
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NARRATOR: December 16th, 1944.
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Near the Luxembourg-German border.
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In the opening hours of what would become
the Battle of the Bulge,
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American Sergeant Frank Olsen,
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breaks away from a fire fight with German
soldiers outside his command post,
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when the night sky turns bright.
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SCHRIJVERS: The Germans
project powerful searchlights
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onto low hanging clouds
so this is a kind of artificial moonlight.
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It helps illuminate enemy targets.
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NARRATOR: The light bouncing off the cloud
is supposed to make objects
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visible to German soldiers.
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But, there's a problem.
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SCHRIJVERS: The same applies
to the Americans
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and so what they now do
is use this same German
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artificial moonlight to take down waves
and waves of German attackers.
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NARRATOR: Olsen and his men
pick them off with ease.
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MAN: Keep firing!
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NARRATOR: Further south,
back in the 110th's portion of the line,
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Sergeant JJ Kuhn coordinates B Company
for the defense of Marnach.
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In anticipation of a full scale attack,
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they place an artillery observer up high
with a view on the action.
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McMANUS: Sergeant Kuhn's best weapons
are his artillery observers.
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He controls so much of the firepower
that's going to cause casualties.
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He's the guy with the big guns.
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NARRATOR: On the outskirts,
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Sergeant Stanley Showman leads his platoon
past burning buildings.
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Okay, I need five more guys
on this left side.
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NARRATOR: Only 19 years old,
he has fought with 110th since Normandy.
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SHOWMAN: OK, go! Now!
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McMANUS: Stanley Showman
is a guy who's been in combat.
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He is an excellent NCO.
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When he hears
that kind of artillery barrage,
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he knows an attack has to be coming.
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They're not just doing this
for the fun of it.
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So he is starting to get ready
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for whatever might be coming toward him
and his unit.
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NARRATOR: They dig in at the edge of town.
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Smoke and fog make visibility poor.
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McMANUS: All of a sudden
here come these apparitions,
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these Germans out of the woods
because the woods border Marnach.
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NARRATOR: Showman
and his platoon open fire.
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Let 'em have it.
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Initially, the attack
is just a blood bath for the Germans.
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NARRATOR: As showman engages the German
infantry along the road,
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another group emerges out of the forest
on the north edge of town.
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MAN: Incoming!
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Keep firing!
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NARRATOR: In response, Sergeant Kuhn,
requests artillery support
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from regimental headquarters.
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MAN: Fire!
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NARRATOR: As the American shots land,
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his artillery observer
can call in corrections
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to better target the attacking Germans.
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ZALOGA: What people don't realize
most casualties in World War II
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are inflicted by artillery.
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(soldier grunts)
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Everyone thinks it's rifles
and machine guns and all that, it's not.
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NARRATOR: The pinpoint fire
devastates the enemy column...
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But more German soldiers
continue to appear.
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MCMANUS: Kuhn described it as tragedy,
as an epic waste.
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Here were hundreds of Germans
just getting, mowed down.
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And why they were attacking
in that fashion,
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from a human standpoint,
he thought it was tragic.
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NARRATOR: The first wave of German
soldiers cannot capture Marnach alone.
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SCHRIJVERS: Despite the best efforts
of the German infantry,
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GIs, small groups of GIs,
are holed up in villages on key roads.
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So they need more fire power.
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The firepower of tanks
to break through and gain speed again.
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NARRATOR: But Colonel von Lauchert's
tanks
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have still not crossed
the Our River.
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They had not completed a key bridge.
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And poor planning compounds the problem.
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SCHRIJVERS: That road
is blocked by the Germans
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in the form of a metallic gate.
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There is an unlocking device
to move the gate out of the way
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but unfortunately the engineers
can't find the keys in time.
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NARRATOR: In order to preserve
the element of surprise,
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they delay blowing up the barrier,
until after the barrage begins.
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(speaking in German)
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(in English) Finally, German engineers
clear and repair the bridge
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but it takes much longer than expected,
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and the tanks only begin
to cross in the afternoon.
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MAN: Keep up the line of fire!
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NARRATOR: In Marnach, B Company continues
to pick off the German infantry advance.
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Although some German soldiers engage
the American strong point,
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others begin to push around the village
to the north and south.
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They continue toward Clervaux
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and the 110th infantry command post,
only two miles away.
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Colonel Hurley Fuller is alarmed,
as reports and runners trickle in,
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it appears
that the whole front is under attack.
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With communication unreliable,
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Fuller sends his executive officer,
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Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Strickler
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to divisional headquarters
to speak with General Norman Cota.
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Strickler reports the attacks
across the 110th's front.
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General Cota also sends
a message in return.
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The 110th must hold the line.
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NARRATOR: December 16, 1944.
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The Ardennes Forest, Luxembourg.
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Let 'em have it!
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(gunfire)
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NARRATOR: An entire division
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of German Colonel Meinrad
von Lauchert's foot soldiers
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surrounds the village of Marnach.
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Some attack, while others push past,
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towards the town of Clervaux.
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Although the Americans
are heavily outnumbered...
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there will be no retreat or surrender.
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MAN: Fire!
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NARRATOR: They are to hold at all costs.
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McMANUS: That's the kind of thing
you might tend to breeze past
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when you look at it an after-action report
or a book or whatever.
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As front line soldiers, totally embattled
with the enemy around us,
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surrounding us, trying to go through us,
now we're being told,
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"You will hold at all costs."
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NARRATOR: Despite the odds,
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B Company of the 110th
defies the German infantry
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at a crossroads in Marnach.
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(gunfire)
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(explosion)
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When shrapnel
strikes their commanding officer,
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he requires surgery and must be evacuated.
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NARRATOR: Sergeant JJ Kuhn assumes
command duties at B Company headquarters.
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Despite his rank as an NCO.
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As the German onslaught continues,
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members of C Company approach
from the south to provide reinforcement.
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But while the Germans have been unable
to break Marnach,
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they surround it.
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MAN: Get down!
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NARRATOR: And C Company is driven back.
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(gunfire)
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Frustrated and desperate,
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B Company puts out a distress call
to US troops in the area
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as they run low on mortars.
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An officer from D Company
two miles north of their position,
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answers the call.
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Lieutenant Glen Vannatta,
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has a jeep loaded with mortar ammo
and races towards B Company.
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They pause on a hill just outside of town,
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to assess the German
and American hotspots.
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Then his driver takes off at full speed
to dodge the German artillery
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and small arms fire.
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(gunfire)
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...Your choice.
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NARRATOR: They break through
and deliver the mortars to B Company.
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You are absolute God send, Sir.
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NARRATOR: Then beat a hasty retreat.
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With the support of American artillery
and fresh supplies...
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Sergeant Kuhn and his men
continue to hold off
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the German soldiers
trying to capture Marnach.
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(groans)
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But as night falls,
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German armor, half tracks and tanks
creep through the darkness
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and into town.
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The Americans are unprepared.
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McMANUS: They basically
have foot soldiers.
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They've got small arms.
They've got the odd bazooka.
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And they have artillery observation
in Marnach.
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B Company is not well equipped
to deal with any kind of real,
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you know, powerful tank attack.
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MAN: Tank!
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NARRATOR: The momentum shifts.
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Nazi forces begin to overrun American
machine gun nests and outer defenses.
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(gunfire)
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MAN: Move it. Move!
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NARRATOR: Sergeant Stanley Showman
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and his squad
retreat from their forward position.
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And withdraw to a stone building in town.
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00:26:26,071 --> 00:26:28,046
(gunfire)
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00:26:33,004 --> 00:26:36,026
They watch
as a German half track stops outside.
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When the German soldiers dismount,
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the Americans
use their cover to open fire.
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(gunfire)
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The Germans are cut down
and the half track retreats.
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But before long,
a German tank rumbles down the street.
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It stops 20 feet away and fixes its gun,
directly at the Americans.
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MAN: Americans, Americans!
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NARRATOR: A German voice
calls for their surrender.
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Americans, come out!
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NARRATOR: Showman's options are limited.
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McMANUS: Door Number One:
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Step outside of cover and try
and snap off a shot with a bazooka.
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Door Number Two: Surrender.
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Showman chooses Door Number Three...
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Go, go, go. Out. Retreat.
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McMANUS: ...the back door.
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NARRATOR: Showman and his squad
make it into the woods
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as the village of Marnach burns.
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The Americans were not crumbling
as German leaders had predicted.
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(gunfire)
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SCHRIJVERS: The German command had planned
to be in control of Bastogne
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by noon of the second day.
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Now as the first day turns into night
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we see that the Germans are still battling
for the small village of Marnach,
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which is 19 miles east of Bastogne.
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NARRATOR: The Germans have made it
barely five miles from their own lines.
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ZALOGA: Marnach should've been taken
by the German infantry.
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The fact that they did depend
on the panzers
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to finally take those defenses
meant that the plan was failing.
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NARRATOR: But US forces there
cannot hold out much longer.
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The American forward observer
continues to call down
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artillery on German positions.
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Okay. I need an artillery strike.
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NARRATOR: His final words on the line
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reveal the desperate situation in Marnach.
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The last message of this unknown
artillery spotter is,
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"Hurry and fire
they're coming up the steps."
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The Observer was taking literally the idea
of holding at all costs,
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and he did exactly that.
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NARRATOR: Von Lauchert leaves men
to finish the capture of Marnach,
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and spurs the remainder of 2nd Panzer
Division toward the next objective:
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Clervaux.
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(speaking in German)
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(in English) In Clervaux,
American Colonel Hurley Fuller
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receives reports of tanks in Marnach,
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he tries again to send reinforcements
to relieve B Company.
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MCMANUS: I think Fuller's getting an
appreciation how the scope and scale
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of the German offensive and how hard
pressed his regiment is going to be.
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Back at Willtz...
Cota, he's not quite there yet.
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NARRATOR: American reinforcements
march toward Marnach.
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They hope to ambush
the Germans outside of town,
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but as they leave Clervaux
in the early morning,
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German troops and tanks already close in.
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The Americans are the ones
about to be ambushed.
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December 17th, 1944.
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(explosion)
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Near Clervaux, Luxembourg.
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Nazi forces begin the second day
of a daring offensive
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to end the war on the western front.
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In response,
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Colonel Hurley Fuller of the US 110th
sends two infantry companies
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a company of Stuart tanks
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to relieve Americans
trapped in the nearby village of Marnach.
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But they do not get very far
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before the they come under attack
themselves.
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MAN: Let's go! Let's go!
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NARRATOR: Their efforts fail.
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It's like an economy car
smashing with a Mack truck.
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They're just overwhelmed
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by the power of the German military forces
at this stage.
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NARRATOR: At company headquarters
in Marnach,
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Sergeant JJ Kuhn and the dwindling forces
of B Company and its wounded,
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still hold out for rescue
or reinforcement.
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When a German tank rams the front door...
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German soldiers rush in...
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and force Kuhn and the last of B Company
into surrender.
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With the fall of Marnach,
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Fuller readies Clervaux
for an imminent attack.
486
00:32:24,077 --> 00:32:28,023
Clervaux has now begun to transition,
a very unhappy transition,
487
00:32:28,032 --> 00:32:34,007
from a rear area headquarters and R&R town
to now the epicenter of the battle.
488
00:32:34,016 --> 00:32:36,078
NARRATOR: From his command post
at the Claravallis hotel,
489
00:32:38,020 --> 00:32:40,029
he positions men in the castle
490
00:32:40,037 --> 00:32:42,096
which overlooks the southern approaches
to Clervaux.
491
00:32:44,058 --> 00:32:47,059
German artillery
continues to fall on the Americans.
492
00:32:54,055 --> 00:32:58,005
Fuller still does not realize
that it is being controlled from nearby.
493
00:32:59,089 --> 00:33:03,023
Even as the Americans
move into new defensive positions,
494
00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:07,056
the two German forward observers
can call artillery down in response.
495
00:33:18,074 --> 00:33:20,045
As Fuller's men scramble,
496
00:33:21,037 --> 00:33:25,042
Colonel Meinrad von Lauchert arrives
on the outskirts of town with tanks
497
00:33:26,067 --> 00:33:28,084
and targets the American-occupied castle.
498
00:33:32,005 --> 00:33:34,009
(explosion)
499
00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:38,009
But the thick walls hold
as they had for centuries.
500
00:33:39,076 --> 00:33:41,035
Von Lauchert is frustrated.
501
00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:46,056
In order to get back on schedule,
he must take Clervaux quickly
502
00:33:46,064 --> 00:33:49,044
to secure the roads needed
for the German advance.
503
00:33:50,048 --> 00:33:53,032
But, he does not want
to send his tanks into town.
504
00:33:54,011 --> 00:33:56,053
SCHRIJVERS: Von Lauchert
is an experienced officer.
505
00:33:56,061 --> 00:33:58,087
He knows that an urban environment
506
00:33:58,095 --> 00:34:02,070
will negate the tanks
maneuverability and speed
507
00:34:02,079 --> 00:34:07,079
what is worse behind every corner
there can be an Allied tank.
508
00:34:10,054 --> 00:34:13,063
NARRATOR: Von Lauchert sends
his infantry troops into the town instead.
509
00:34:14,042 --> 00:34:17,093
They are to scout ahead for American tanks
and clear resistance.
510
00:34:21,076 --> 00:34:24,014
As German soldiers move into Clervaux,
511
00:34:24,056 --> 00:34:27,019
American snipers in the castle take aim.
512
00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:33,011
(gunshot)
513
00:34:34,069 --> 00:34:35,086
(gunfire)
514
00:34:38,091 --> 00:34:41,032
The Germans
try to disrupt the sniper fire,
515
00:34:43,074 --> 00:34:45,054
but the shells do little damage.
516
00:34:47,091 --> 00:34:50,021
However, with their overwhelming numbers,
517
00:34:50,058 --> 00:34:52,071
German troops bypass the fortress
518
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:56,013
and fight their way toward
the command post in the Claravallis hotel.
519
00:34:58,051 --> 00:35:03,010
Fuller's 110th has delayed the German push
towards Bastogne for two days.
520
00:35:04,081 --> 00:35:07,010
But his men have paid a heavy price.
521
00:35:07,085 --> 00:35:09,023
McMANUS: Well, the numbers
are the numbers.
522
00:35:09,031 --> 00:35:12,077
Most of these American formations
are outnumbered anywhere from about 2 to 1
523
00:35:12,086 --> 00:35:15,040
to 10 to 1
depending on where we're talking about.
524
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,007
We get help in three hours or something
we might hold out for that,
525
00:35:19,015 --> 00:35:20,057
but that's not really the situation here.
526
00:35:23,012 --> 00:35:25,091
NARRATOR: Colonel Fuller
knows he cannot delay much longer.
527
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:30,004
He calls general Cota
and asks for reinforcements...
528
00:35:30,012 --> 00:35:33,071
or permission to fall back
to set up a new defensive line.
529
00:35:34,021 --> 00:35:35,084
Both requests are denied.
530
00:35:36,030 --> 00:35:40,005
Cota is unequivocal, "Hold at all costs".
531
00:35:40,013 --> 00:35:41,076
Nobody comes back.
532
00:35:45,014 --> 00:35:48,014
Fuller throws in his final tanks
against the German attack.
533
00:35:51,056 --> 00:35:54,031
They navigate the narrow roads
towards the castle.
534
00:35:55,086 --> 00:35:57,090
The lead tank rounds a corner,
535
00:35:57,098 --> 00:35:59,082
and heads down a side street.
536
00:36:05,003 --> 00:36:09,033
When the American tanks erupt in flames,
it is the last of Fuller's reserves.
537
00:36:10,029 --> 00:36:13,054
And gives von Lauchert's men
free reign to advance.
538
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,084
McMANUS: The German armor column
can move deeper into Clervaux.
539
00:36:20,076 --> 00:36:25,051
Inexorably closer to, ah, Fuller's
Command Post at the Claravallis Hotel.
540
00:36:29,002 --> 00:36:30,035
NARRATOR: Across town,
541
00:36:30,043 --> 00:36:34,015
the command post is already under pressure
from German infantry attacks.
542
00:36:38,061 --> 00:36:41,036
McMANUS: You have guards outside
who are now under fire
543
00:36:41,044 --> 00:36:43,007
and have been driven inside.
544
00:36:43,015 --> 00:36:46,032
You have people trying to figure out
the next course of action,
545
00:36:46,041 --> 00:36:48,058
get out of there or burn papers.
546
00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:56,038
Or round up a new crew to go and fight
this group of Germans we just spotted
547
00:36:56,046 --> 00:37:00,000
or deal with this tank,
scrounge up any weapons you can get.
548
00:37:00,055 --> 00:37:03,022
FULLER: Get General Cota on the line!
549
00:37:04,047 --> 00:37:06,089
NARRATOR: Fuller radios
General Cota an update
550
00:37:06,097 --> 00:37:08,097
and prepares to give his men
the order to withdraw.
551
00:37:09,006 --> 00:37:10,010
Reinforcements now!
552
00:37:12,077 --> 00:37:16,010
NARRATOR: Abruptly, a shell rips through
the hotel's first floor,
553
00:37:16,019 --> 00:37:17,073
knocking out the power.
554
00:37:17,081 --> 00:37:22,074
Fuller and what is left of his 110th
are trapped and out of time.
555
00:37:26,011 --> 00:37:28,078
NARRATOR: December 17th, 1944.
556
00:37:30,091 --> 00:37:32,087
Clervaux, Luxembourg.
557
00:37:33,066 --> 00:37:35,033
2nd Panzer Division,
558
00:37:35,041 --> 00:37:37,058
led by Colonel Meinrad von Lauchert
559
00:37:37,096 --> 00:37:40,059
has breached the American-held town
of Clervaux,
560
00:37:40,067 --> 00:37:43,017
seven miles into the American line.
561
00:37:44,063 --> 00:37:47,030
Von Lauchert traps Colonel Fuller
and his men in a hotel,
562
00:37:47,039 --> 00:37:49,030
which serves as their command post.
563
00:37:51,076 --> 00:37:53,072
German soldiers storm in,
564
00:37:53,081 --> 00:37:56,098
and fire fights break out in the lobby
and ground floor hallways.
565
00:37:59,019 --> 00:38:00,082
McMANUS: He's had, what is now
566
00:38:00,090 --> 00:38:03,053
kind of a famous conversation
with the 28 Division Chief of Staff,
567
00:38:03,061 --> 00:38:04,082
Colonel Gibney.
568
00:38:04,090 --> 00:38:08,028
And Fuller compares himself
to Colonel Travis at the Alamo saying,
569
00:38:08,036 --> 00:38:09,070
"We're about to be overrun."
570
00:38:11,083 --> 00:38:15,033
NARRATOR: Fuller does not feel
the chief of staff and General Cota
571
00:38:15,041 --> 00:38:17,029
appreciate the gravity of the situation.
572
00:38:17,062 --> 00:38:19,058
He returns to the crisis at hand...
573
00:38:22,025 --> 00:38:25,080
when an explosion rips into the room,
injuring several men.
574
00:38:28,034 --> 00:38:30,059
McMANUS: Now he's got wounded people
575
00:38:30,068 --> 00:38:34,093
so Fuller becomes this sort of impromptu
medic trying to staunch the bleeding.
576
00:38:36,010 --> 00:38:39,040
NARRATOR: He bandages the eyes of a man
blinded by the blast...
577
00:38:39,048 --> 00:38:41,023
- (explosion)
- (glass shatters)
578
00:38:41,056 --> 00:38:43,052
...but others are too far gone.
579
00:38:46,036 --> 00:38:48,078
Gunfire and fighting
continue on the ground floor,
580
00:38:49,032 --> 00:38:51,066
when a member of staff finds a way out.
581
00:38:52,033 --> 00:38:56,037
There's like a fire escape type ladder
that'll lead from one of the top floors
582
00:38:56,045 --> 00:39:00,050
all the way to the ridgeline
provided you don't fall from that ladder
583
00:39:00,058 --> 00:39:01,075
to the street below.
584
00:39:03,042 --> 00:39:06,084
NARRATOR: Fuller inches along,
50 feet above the ground below.
585
00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:11,089
McMANUS: Here's this 50-year-old man
trying to hang on
586
00:39:11,097 --> 00:39:14,089
and get across this horizontal ladder,
basically crawl across it
587
00:39:14,097 --> 00:39:18,035
while this wounded blind guy is behind him
trying to hang on.
588
00:39:23,086 --> 00:39:27,007
NARRATOR: Fuller and a small group
of soldiers make it across and away.
589
00:39:27,069 --> 00:39:28,074
MAN: Let's go!
590
00:39:28,082 --> 00:39:30,032
NARRATOR: As they escape into the woods,
591
00:39:31,003 --> 00:39:33,028
the 110th command post falls.
592
00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:40,033
Across town, about 100 US Soldiers
593
00:39:40,041 --> 00:39:43,021
holdout in the ramparts
of the medieval castle.
594
00:39:43,029 --> 00:39:45,092
(gunfire)
595
00:39:46,071 --> 00:39:49,001
The Germans pummel the walls and gate...
596
00:39:51,068 --> 00:39:53,047
but cannot break through.
597
00:39:54,047 --> 00:39:56,060
They decide on another approach.
598
00:39:57,001 --> 00:40:00,094
McMANUS: They figure out
maybe we ought to fire incendiary rounds
599
00:40:01,002 --> 00:40:03,027
to set the roof of the castle on fire
600
00:40:03,035 --> 00:40:06,019
and maybe that'll flush
the defenders out.
601
00:40:09,049 --> 00:40:11,003
MAN: Incoming!
602
00:40:13,057 --> 00:40:16,041
NARRATOR: It works.
Fires break out across the castle.
603
00:40:19,066 --> 00:40:21,066
(explosion)
604
00:40:22,046 --> 00:40:23,067
The American commander,
605
00:40:23,075 --> 00:40:27,063
not willing to risk the lives
of the civilians hidden in the cellar,
606
00:40:28,009 --> 00:40:29,051
surrenders.
607
00:40:33,034 --> 00:40:36,093
When Clearvaux falls,
the road to Bastogne opens,
608
00:40:37,001 --> 00:40:38,089
and the Germans hurry forward,
609
00:40:39,031 --> 00:40:42,052
only to be slowed again,
at each cross road.
610
00:40:44,077 --> 00:40:49,019
All along the front, makeshift resistance
continues to harass their advance.
611
00:40:51,082 --> 00:40:54,091
The Germans fight for four days
to reach Bastogne
612
00:40:54,099 --> 00:40:59,049
and create the bulge in the Allied line
that gave a name to the infamous battle.
613
00:41:03,087 --> 00:41:06,063
But the critical delay means
Bastogne can be reinforced
614
00:41:06,071 --> 00:41:08,038
and defended by the Allies.
615
00:41:11,084 --> 00:41:14,030
The battle will rage for five more weeks,
616
00:41:17,089 --> 00:41:20,010
but by failing to take Bastogne early,
617
00:41:20,051 --> 00:41:23,014
the German operation is doomed
almost from the start.
618
00:41:25,085 --> 00:41:29,011
Within a month, the Allies once again
force the Germans
619
00:41:29,019 --> 00:41:30,086
to retreat back to the border.
620
00:41:35,003 --> 00:41:40,049
Of the 3,200 members of the 110th,
only one in seven is not killed,
621
00:41:40,083 --> 00:41:42,054
wounded or captured.
622
00:41:42,062 --> 00:41:47,008
McMANUS: The 110th basically fought
to extinction in the Bastogne corridor.
623
00:41:47,017 --> 00:41:50,042
And in about a three-day period
the regiment was shattered.
624
00:41:50,050 --> 00:41:52,038
Its records, to a great extent, were lost.
625
00:41:52,088 --> 00:41:55,055
NARRATOR: Their sacrifice
was not acknowledged.
626
00:41:55,063 --> 00:41:59,026
No medals were awarded
and no regimental honors bestowed.
627
00:41:59,072 --> 00:42:01,085
McMANUS: Later on, when the army hierarchy
628
00:42:01,093 --> 00:42:05,006
was considering
presidential unit citations and whatever
629
00:42:05,014 --> 00:42:09,006
there really wasn't anybody in house
to speak up for the 110th infantry.
630
00:42:09,086 --> 00:42:13,044
NARRATOR: Colonel Hurly Fuller,
Sergeant JJ Kuhn,
631
00:42:13,053 --> 00:42:17,095
and Sergeant Stanley Showman
are all captured by the Germans
632
00:42:18,003 --> 00:42:20,057
and serve the rest of the war
in POW camps.
633
00:42:21,099 --> 00:42:26,066
They are liberated in 1945,
and return to the United States.
634
00:42:28,025 --> 00:42:32,017
Once released, Colonel Fuller advocates
for the American 110th.
635
00:42:33,005 --> 00:42:35,088
McMANUS: But he just does
not have the influence.
636
00:42:35,097 --> 00:42:39,034
He does not have the pull, uh,
to get the recognition for his regiment
637
00:42:39,043 --> 00:42:41,035
that he otherwise would've hoped for
638
00:42:41,043 --> 00:42:44,077
and also the fact
that he himself had become a POW
639
00:42:44,085 --> 00:42:48,085
was always going to be a bit
of a sticking point in that regard.
640
00:42:48,094 --> 00:42:50,010
Reasonable or not.
641
00:42:50,085 --> 00:42:54,040
NARRATOR: Colonel Meinrad von Lauchert
pushed farther into Allied lines
642
00:42:54,048 --> 00:42:56,015
than almost any other German commander.
643
00:42:57,061 --> 00:43:01,012
SCHRIJVERS: Colonel Meinrad von Lauchert
will continue to fight
644
00:43:01,020 --> 00:43:06,025
the Allied troops tooth
and nail with his 2nd Panzer Division
645
00:43:06,033 --> 00:43:09,096
and he will continue
to do so until March, 1945
646
00:43:10,004 --> 00:43:13,029
when he is with his back
against Rhine River.
647
00:43:13,038 --> 00:43:16,067
But by that time
nothing much remains of his crack unit.
648
00:43:17,088 --> 00:43:19,055
NARRATOR: Operation Watch on the Rhine,
649
00:43:20,005 --> 00:43:23,043
or Battle of the Bulge
proves costly for both sides.
650
00:43:25,081 --> 00:43:29,002
The German army suffers
about 120,000 casualties.
651
00:43:30,098 --> 00:43:35,032
LIEB: In the Battle of the Bulge,
the Germans lose their last reserves.
652
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:40,036
And when the Soviets attack
in a major offensive, in mid-January 1945,
653
00:43:40,045 --> 00:43:42,099
the German front and the east
collapse very quickly.
654
00:43:43,007 --> 00:43:47,062
So, two weeks later, the Soviets
are only 50 miles away from Berlin.
655
00:43:48,012 --> 00:43:52,063
So, the real winner of the Battle
of the Bulge is-- are not the Americans,
656
00:43:52,071 --> 00:43:54,079
it's the Soviets and Stalin.
657
00:43:55,071 --> 00:43:58,076
NARRATOR: The western Allies
will need to regroup and resupply
658
00:43:58,084 --> 00:44:00,022
before advancing into Germany.
659
00:44:02,034 --> 00:44:04,089
But, the Germans will now fight
on home turf
660
00:44:04,097 --> 00:44:08,039
and the war in Europe will continue
for four more months.
661
00:44:08,047 --> 00:44:10,010
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