Originally Posted by
bifff15
KC-45A Maginoter
Hitler split his army into two parts, sending some troops to Belgium, but the majority to the Ardennes. German forces broke through weak French defensives at Ardennes, and in a matter of days cut across France to trap the rest of the French troops near Belgium. The supposedly impenetrable Maginot Line had failed, and France fell to the Germans.
My Dad was there- and survived! He was one of the "Battered Bastards of
Bastogne"!