 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo musi wa16 December kwakauya kurwisa kwokupedzisira kweGermany muHondo yeBulge, sezvo mauto eGermany anopfuura 250 000, achitsigirwa nematanki anopfuura 1 000 uye zvombo zvinorwisa akarwisa mitsetse yeVIII Corps, anenge makiromita 40 kuchamhembe kweIII Corps. Zuva rakatevera racho Patton, mutungamiriri weTatu Army, akanyevera III Corps kuti zvimwe yaizorayirwa kuti ibatsire. Panguva iyoyo boka racho raiumbwa ne26th uye 80th Infantry Divisions uye 4th Armored Division. III Corps yakaendeswa kuchamhembe kuti ibatsire mukununurwa kweBastogne, Belgium, nekurwiswa kunotanga na4: 00 musi wa22 Zvita 1944. Mauto acho akaenda kuchamhembe, achivhundutsa mauto eGermany kumucheto kwawo wokumaodzanyemba, achivaparadzanisa. The 4th Armored Division akanga pakupedzisira kukwanisa kusvika Bastogne, apo 101st Airborne Division akanga akapoteredzwa nemauto German, uye kurerutsa nayo. Mukati memazuva gumi okutanga echiito ichi, III Corps yakasunungura maguta anopfuura zana, kusanganisira Bastogne. Basa iri raiva rinokosha pakumisa kurwisa kweGermany uye pakupedzisira kusvika kuRwizi rweRhine. 