Band of Brothers: Part six

Bastogne (The Hell on Earth)

Bastogne is a snowing area and Easy Company has to defense this area from Germans invasion. They prepared with digging a hole that using as a cover from Germans mortar and artillery. They are who get wounded were brought to one place like a shelter there’s not too far from the line.

In this part, the medic has an important position because Easy Company is not going to attack but defense the line. It means, they can be attacked by the Germans anytime and one man who lead Easy Company, Lieutenant Dike. It seems like he doesn’t really serious to lead this Company.

One day, a few soldiers of Easy Company got an order to patrol. In the middle of that patrol they met with Germans, contact happen and they lost one man. The next day Easy Company gets supplies that brought by airplane, they got blanket, ammo, medicine and others stuff. After gets a supplies Easy Company prepare for Germans attacking using mortar and tanks but is not to long. A few days later at night Easy Company got attacked by the Germans again and the shelter was destroyed.

On December 26, 1944, General Patton’s Third Army broke through the German lines, allowing supplies to flow in and the wounded to be evacuated.

The story of ‘The Battle of the Bulge’ as told today, is one of Patton coming to the rescue of the encircled 101^st Airborne.

No member of 101^st has ever agreed that the division needed to be rescued.

To be continue……..