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=The Battle of the Bulge=

After the Axis surge the town of Bastogne was encircled and the 101st Airborne Division was surrounded. The Germans told them to surrender but General McAuliffe responded saying "NUTS". The Germans proceeded to attack the 101st airborne who held the town of Bastogne. They held until General George Patton arrived with his tanks.



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The Axis pushed the Allies back for two days but then began to run out of fuel. They need so much fuel to keep the huge number of tanks they had running. Some Germans even abandoned there tanks and walked back to Germany. Hitler's plan to take an american fuel depot after he had pushed through and split the Allies forces in half had failed. The Germans had run out of fuel in two days, and there hope of turning the tide of the war was gone because now the Allies were on Germany's door step and about to bust in.



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