Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in a Luxembourg hospital after sustaining an injury during an official engagement.
Pelosi traveled to the country with a delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
“Speaker Emerita Pelosi is currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals,” stated spokesperson Ian Krager. “She continues to work and regrets that she is unable to attend the remainder of the CODEL engagements to honor the courage of our servicemembers during one of the greatest acts of American heroism in our nation’s history.”
The Battle of the Bulge was Germany’s last major offensive on the Western Front in World War II.
The Germans launched the offensive in the Ardennes between Belgium and Luxembourg, trapping the Americans in the forest between December 16, 1944 and January 25, 1945.
The Battle of the Bulge is bloodiest and largest single battle the U.S. engaged in during WWII. It is the third-deadliest campaign in our history.
I’ll try to summarize this huge battle, which consisted of different areas along 75 miles in the Ardennes Forest.
Band of Brothers covered the Bastogne part of the battle where the Germans surrounded the 101st Airborne Division, the topic of the miniseries, in the Ardennes Forest.
The Germans had some success in the early days due to the inexperience and tired American troops in the forest.
But it didn’t take long for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to respond to the offensive.
Lt. Den. George S. Patton Jr. quickly moved his Third U.S. Army towards the forest and counterattacked the German flank, ending the siege in Bastogne.
The weather cleared by the end of December, allowing the Allies to attack from the air. They managed to push back the Germans.
The Allies lost 75,000 people but Germany lost 120,000 men and so much material.
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