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    The siege of Bastogne (French pronunciation: [bas.tɔɲ] ) was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of...
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    Bastogne (French pronunciation: [bas.tɔɲ] ; Dutch: Bastenaken [ˈbɑstəˌnaːkə(n)] ; German: Bastnach/Bastenach [ˈbast(ə)nax]; Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech...
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    volunteered her service at an American military aid station during the Siege of Bastogne in December 1944. She was killed during a German air raid on Christmas...
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    23 August 2015) was a Belgian nurse who was a volunteer during the Siege of Bastogne in 1944. She worked with the U.S. Army physician John Prior and with...
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    fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated...
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    Vincent Speranza (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France))
    His first engagement was in the Siege of Bastogne, where he operated a machine gun from a foxhole. During the siege, he visited a wounded comrade at...
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  • the series, Roe is nevertheless the protagonist of the sixth episode, "Bastogne", which follows his struggles to help the men as they endure frigid conditions...
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    Battle of the Bulge (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    December the lead element of Patton's U.S. Third Army reached Bastogne from the south ending the siege. Although the offensive was effectively broken by 27 December...
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  • featured in the book (and subsequent film) A Bridge Too Far, and at the Siege of Bastogne, part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. During fighting in the Netherlands...
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  • War II Siege of La Rochelle (1944–1945) – World War II Siege of Dunkirk (1944–1945) – World War II Siege of Bastogne (1944) – World War II Siege of Budapest...
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