Siege of Bastogne – Art of War: Defense

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Its December of 1944 and the Second World War is drawing to a close. All thought that the German Army was finished. But then, it launched a full scale surprise attack into the Ardennes where it had won its famous victory in 1940. In the center of that attack was the town of Bastogne which would be surrounded and outnumbered. Yet it show how managed to hold on.

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20 thoughts on “Siege of Bastogne – Art of War: Defense”

  3. Hitler's thinking in the planning of this attack was probably influenced by the addition of cocaine to the cocktail of drugs his personal doctor administered to him on a daily basis (from his doctors diary, Blitzed, Norman Oehler)

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  6. I'm know military expert but even i know that the Germans couldn't have taken bastogne without overwhelming numbers and even then it probably would have not been enough especially since they didn't have time for a siege and with Patton coming up from the south and Eisenhower quickly moving to reinforce, it would have probably cost the Germans upward to a hundred and fifty thousand lives to try to take bastogne if not more, and that sounds like another Verdun to me something I think the Germans would have tried their best to avoid, it's one of those lose lose situations that I don't think there's anything Germany could have did other than shoot Hitler and put a more competent military leader in charge.

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  8. Still recall watching the old school movie “battle of the bulge” – the German commander is dismayed when they find freshly made cake from America noting that they (the allies) have enough planes and fuel to fly cake over for its troops whereas Germany is struggling to have enough fuel for this attack

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  9. Every pod caster ever goes on and on about how much they love the interaction but when the patrion or addsence slow down so does their videos. I think its best to not say it at all. I dont buy it. Like the "like comment or subscribe," I just thumbs down every time i hear it.

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  15. To anyone who thinks, the germans should have done x, or the americans should have done x, but who has never been to the bastogne area. Pls throw away your ideas, i can guarantee you they won't work in that area. It is just a neverending series of small but steep ridges, sheer cliffs, narrow valleys, twists and turns every 100 meters. Just saying they "should have taken this path from the east" or whatever will often just translate to "they should have all jumped of a 100ft cliff" on the terrain.

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  16. I'm so glad the community voted for this video topic. This is such a nice call back to the early days of flash point history while still being fresh with the topic choice. I've been obsessed with the battle of bastogne since I saw band of brothers when I was younger. The choice to simply the video format, with a reduction in the music, really let's that amazing narration shine through. What can I say I haven't said before about this channel. Great job as always, and a I certainly can't wait for the next video in this style.

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  19. It's refreshing to hear someone acknowledge that the airborne did not win the battle on their own as is often implied if not outright claimed. Perhaps as great a contribution was made by the combat engineers who blew bridges causing the Germans to constantly look for alternative's. This was where the new tanks became liabilities since they used a lot more fuel and could not cross many of the smaller bridges. The plan really had little hope to begin with since even if they had taken Antwerp they6 could never have held it and could not be supplied for long. Those resources would have been better used to slow the Russians so Berlin could surrender to the Americans and British who were not quite as ticked off at them.

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