 The Germans had some of their best Waffen-SS and Panzer divisions in the attack. They had ample artillery support, but the lightly armed 101st, cut off from its supplies, cold, hungry, unable to properly care for its wounded, running low on or even out of ammunition, with little artillery support, held off desperate German attacks for more than a week. The American elite unit prevailed over the elite German units. Elsewhere in the Ardennes, the same pattern prevailed.