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The blackout headlights that sped the 101st to Bastogne and bought eight days
A column of 101st trucks races through a winter night to reach Bastogne’s crossroads; the fate of the Ardennes hangs on whether they arrive in time.
The blackout headlights that sped the 101st to Bastogne and bought eight days
In this episode, we follow the 101st Airborne’s urgent night drive and the chaotic first hours as they arrive at Bastogne’s vital crossroads. The episode traces the decisions, logistics, and immediate moves that set the town’s defense into motion and asks what it took to hold that patch of high ground.
Person: One Hundred and First Airborne Division
Date: December…
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