Скачать или смотреть Why German Generals Said This Unknown American Ruined Their Bulge Plan - St. Vith 1944

On December 17th, 1944, Brigadier General Bruce Clarke arrived at a crumbling American command post in St. Vith, Belgium with three men - an operations officer, an aide, and a driver. German General Hasso von Manteuffel's 5th Panzer Army was supposed to capture the town by 6 PM that first day and keep rolling west. Instead, an unknown American brigadier general held St. Vith for seven days and wrecked the entire German timetable.

Sources:
National Archives - "7th Armored Division After-Action Reports, December 1944"
Hugh Cole - "The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge" (Official U.S. Army in World War II series, Center of Military History, 1965)
Charles MacDonald - "A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge" (William Morrow, 1985)
R. Ernest Dupuy - "St. Vith: Lion in the Way" (Infantry Journal Press, 1949)
Clarke-Manteuffel Press Conference Transcript (Watertown, NY, 1965)

Image Credits:
Hasso von Manteuffel (May 1944) courtesy German Federal Archives, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Hotel Des Ardennes, St. Vith courtesy Panoramio, CC BY-SA 3.0