 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokukurumidza pashure pokutanga kwaDecember 16, 1944, vaGermany vakavamba denho hurukumadokero nomusango reArdennes. Vavariro yavo yakanga iri guta rechiteshi chengarava reAntwerp uko vaikarira kuvhara migero yokupa zvinhu yeAllied. Inenge nzvimbo bedzi yokuchengetera yeAmerica yaiva mapoka maviri airborne okudzokorora. 101st yakarairwa kuguta rinokosha zvikuru reBastogne, Belgium, nzvimbo huru yemigwagwa muArdennes. 101st yakabatwa mumarori nokuda kwehusiku husiku kuBastogne musi wa 18 December. Vakakurumidza kukomberedzwa pamwe chete nezvikamu zvezvipfeko zvehondo uye zvombo zvehondo. 502nd yakabata nzvimbo kuchamhembe uye kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweguta rakakomberedzwa. Mukurwiswa kwakaitika mangwanani eKrisimasi mumusha weHemroulle, matangi mazhinji echiGerman akapinda mumutsetse. Panguva imwe cheteyo, kuchamhembe kwakati kure zvikuru, mauto makuru echiGermany aifamba netsoka akapinda muguta reChamps. Matangi maviri echiGerman ayo akafamba kuchamhembe kubva kuHemroulle akaedza kudarika regimental CP paRolle Chateau, kungoteverwa chete ne bazooka uye grenade-toting paratroops. Pakupedzisira, musi wa 26 December, 4th Armored Division yePattons Third Army yakaputsa kukomberedza kuti isimbise kudzivirira. 