Passage: The 101st Airborne pakutanga vaifanira kuenda Werbomont pamusoro kuchamhembe papfudzi asi akanga redirected kuna Bastogne, riri 107 makiromita (172 km) kure pamusoro 1,463 tsoka (446 m) yakakwirira chikomo, apo 82nd Airborne, nokuti akakwanisa kusiya nokukurumidza, akaenda Werbomont kuvhara dzinonetsa mberi pakati Kampfgruppe Peiper ("Combat Group Peiper"). The 705th Muparadzi Battalion Tank Reserve 60 makiromita (97 km) kuchamhembe <unk>akarayirwa kuti Bastogne kupa Anti-tangi rutsigiro kuti armorless 101st Airborne musi 18 December uye akasvika manheru akatevera. The okutanga zvinhu 501st PIR weboka akapinda gungano nharaunda 4 makiromita (6.4 km) kumadokero Bastogne pfupi pashure pakati pousiku December 19 uye 09:00 divi akanga asvika pedyo neguta rose Mubvunzo: Chii chaiva gungano mutsetse?
Bastogne