Battle of the Bulge Siege of Bastogne

With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse the cross roads town of Bastogne vital for the success of Hitlers last attempt to check the Allies in the west the Americans rushed reinforcements to hold it 101st US Airborne Division was resting in reserve near Paris when the call for immediate deployment to the Ardennes came and reached Bastogne just before the German ring around the town closed Wearing only normal uniforms the 101st joined the other garrison troops in a siege where they fought not only the enemys panzers but the freezing snowy cold to hold the vital road junction Filmed on the ground we tell the story of the heroic defence of Bastogne