The most significant action in the early hours of the Battle of the Bulge
Against-all-odds stand of an untested American infantry unit
At the start of the Battle of the Bulge, the green U.S. 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Division occupied a critical road junction. For thirty-six hours, the 394th defended the crossroads against repeated assaults by German forces, inflicting a delay from which the Germans would never recover.
