The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne

Third Army relief force, the 4th Armored Division, broke through the German lines and opened a corridor to Bastogne, ending the siege. The division got the nickname 'The Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne'. With the encirclement broken, the men of the 101st expected to be relieved, but were given orders to resume the offensive. Directed by William A. With Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy. True tale about a squad of the 101st Airborne Division coping with being trapped by the Germans in the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge in December of 1944.

'Fleshes out in vivid detail the entire story of the Screaming Eagles' valiant struggle . . . This is must reading for any student of World War II history' (Kepler's Military History).
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne is the product of contributions by 530 soldiers who were on the ground or in the air over Bastogne. They lived and made this history, and much of it is told in their own words.

The material contributed by these men of the 101st Airborne Division, the Armor, Tank Destroyer, Army Air Force , and others is tailored meticulously by the author and placed on the historical framework known to most students of the Battle of the Bulge.

Pieces of a nearly 60-year-old jigsaw puzzle come together in this book, when memoirs from one soldier fit with those of another unit or group pursuing the battle from another nearby piece of terrain.

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George Koskimaki (Author)

George E. Koskimaki is a former paratrooper who jumped into Normandy on June 6, 1944, as General Maxwell Taylor's radioman. He went on to become a preeminent historian of the 101st Airborne Division, having interviewed hundreds of fellow veterans ..