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In December 1944, deep in the frozen forests of Belgium, the most ambitious German offensive of World War II began to collapse—not because of a decisive battle, but because of something far less dramatic and far more decisive: fuel.

This is the story of the Ardennes Offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, and the quiet, desperate decisions made far behind the front lines. While tanks clashed and soldiers froze in foxholes, American supply officers, engineers, and truck drivers made an impossible choice—destroy their own fuel depots rather than let them fall into enemy hands.

Through the burning of millions of gallons of gasoline at places like Stavelot and Malmedy, the German advance slowed… then stopped. This is a story about logistics, sacrifice, and the unglamorous reality of modern warfare—where an empty fuel tank can decide the fate of armies.

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Time Stamps :

00:00:00 – Fog Over Stavelot: December 18, 1944
00:03:20 – The Fuel Depot at the Edge of Town
00:06:10 – The Ardennes Offensive Begins
00:09:30 – Kampfgruppe Peiper Breaks Through
00:12:40 – Rumors from the Front Lines
00:15:30 – German Plans and the Race for Fuel
00:18:20 – The Order from First Army
00:21:00 – The Impossible Decision: Burn It All
00:24:10 – Engineers Set the Charges
00:27:00 – The Stavelot Fuel Depot Explodes
00:30:10 – German Tanks Arrive Too Late
00:33:00 – Fuel Runs Out, The Advance Slows
00:36:00 – Abandoned Panzers in the Snow
00:38:30 – Why the Enemy Suddenly Slowed Down
00:40:00 – Final Reflection: Logistics Win Wars