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snip The Battle of the Bulge has a special resonance for me, because my father almost died in it. He was a college student when World War II broke out. He graduated, then enlisted in the Army. He was sent to one of the big Army bases in the South for basic training. In those days, they gave every enlistee an IQ test; maybe they still do. My father’s performance on the test was good enough that he was pulled out of the ranks and sent to graduate school to become an engineer. (Drill Sergeant, with privates lined up: “Hinderaker!...

The Bulge, Day One, December 16th, 1944.

Eisenhower Came Out of Retirement to Denounce the Movie “Battle of the Bulge” HISTORYINSTANT ARTICLESMILITARY VEHICLESVIDEOWORLD WAR IIJul 29, 2018 Matthew Gaskill  .inad{min-height:250px}.inad:before{content: "Advertisement";font-size: 11px;line-height: 11px;display: block}   SHARE:FacebookTwitter One of the most beloved war stories ever filmed is that of HBO’s “Band of Brothers” (2001), based on Stephen Ambrose’ 1992 book by the same name. Now, the series was meticulously researched, and not only were military experts consulted on everything from uniforms to hatches to bullets, but the men of Easy Company were there virtually every step of the way.Look carefully at the scene of Dutch liberation – Edward...

THESE incredible colourised World War Two photographs reveal the brutal hell soldiers endured during the Battle of Bulge. This war was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the war.