American Glider Troops at the Battle of the Bulge
American Glider Troops at the Battle of the Bulge U.S. glider troops fought tenaciously to hold the crossroads town of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Here's What You Need to Know: Marvie is a quiet town nestled in the Ardennes region of southern Belgium. A farming village with a population of several hundred people, history has almost forgotten the town, but on one day in December 1944, Marvie lay astride a road that led to another town—Bastogne. If the German panzergrenadiers and tanks had overrun the glider infantrymen who defended Marvie, they might have taken Bastogne, and th...
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