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Ardennes
History of USA
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| | 1944 | Eisenhower, Dwight David |  |
| 19th Dec Ardennes The Allies are take by surprise, Eisenhower commits the 82nd & 101st Airborne Divs
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| 1944 | McAuliffe, Anthony |  |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Arrives with the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne to check the 5th Panzer Army
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| 25th Dec Ardennes The Germans breach the defences of Bastogne
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| 26th Dec Ardennes The US 4th Armored Division turns the Germans back at Bastogne
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| 1944 | Patton, George Smith |  |
| 16th Dec Ardennes 16 Dec-28 Jan, leads the third army across France & into Germany
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| 19th Dec Ardennes Halts the 3rd Army's advance into the Saar
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| 19th Dec Ardennes Turns 90 degrees north to attack the German southern flank
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| 22nd Dec Ardennes Launches an attack on Bastogne
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| 26th Dec Ardennes The 3rd Army break through Manteufell's troops & reach Baston
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| 1944 | Ridgway, Matthew |  |
| 19th Dec Ardennes Sent as a reinforcement to bolster the northern flank
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| 1944 | Simpson, William Hood |  |
| Ardennes Leads the American attack on the Ardennes, serves under Montgomery
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