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The hard-fought battle was a solid American victory. Heres What You Need to Know: A scratch force of an American armored division held a German panzer division at bay north of Bastogne during World War II. It was December 19, 1944, one day before the Siege of Bastogne. Shortly after 10:30 am, 26-year-old Major William Desobry picked up his field telephone, called his combat commander, Colonel William Roberts, and asked if he could withdraw from the Belgian village of Noville. Desobry had been ...