Schumacher later takes control of a vital intersection of three roads connecting Ambleve , Malmedy and the Siegfried Line . He sabotages the road signs , and the rear echelon of Wolenski 's troops take the wrong road to Malmedy ; almost the entire unit is captured and massacred . Lt. Weaver manages to escape , but Duquesne is killed . US soldiers become suspicious when they witness Schumacher 's " military police " lay explosives incorrectly on the Our bridge , and his masquerade is revealed , though too late to stop Hessler . When Kohler orders Hessler to bypass Ambleve , Hessler replies that the Americans have no concept of defeat , citing that they will ship things as trivial as a fresh chocolate cake to their front-line troops . He feels he can break their will to fight , and Kohler gives him the night to do so . Hessler 's tanks and infantry storm Ambleve , finally taking the town . Although many Americans , including Wolenski , are captured , Grey , Pritchard , Kiley and others escape to the River Meuse . American forces regroup and begin to reorganize for a counterattack
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Battle of the Bulge (1965 film)