Battle of the Bulge Page #2

even their reflexes must be American.

Your reflexes are to be congratulated,

lieutenant.

Insolent man.

Let him have his fun now.

If he is captured,

he will be shot as a spy.

And if he survives,

he can be shot as a traitor.

You must admit, we are very thorough.

Even a pass won't get you through here.

We will attack

through the Losheim Gap.

It's defended only by a single battalion.

The American division

on the Schnee Eifel will be cut off.

Then the Our River Bridge

will be in our hands.

From there, on to Ambleve,

with its road network.

In four days, we will be across

the River Meuse.

The strategic objective?

Antwerp.

By taking Antwerp, we split

the enemy forces in two.

It will take them 18 months to recover.

By then, we will have air superiority

with our jet engines.

And we will have even more

significant weapons.

Weapons which can destroy

an entire city with a single blast.

You have forgotten

one important detail, general.

With their present control of the air,

the Allies will smash our tanks...

...machine-gun our troops,

bomb the bridges...

...and cut our communications.

Suppose I tell you there will be

no Allied planes.

Another secret weapon?

From Spitzbergen, Norway...

...the northernmost weather station

in the world.

We have been waiting two months

for this report.

"A low-pressure area over northern

Europe, starting December 16th.

Low clouds and fog

which will ground all aircraft."

- How long?

- Long enough...

...if we keep strictly to our timetable.

Unusual clock, isn't it?

It has only one cycle.

Fifty hours.

We have the resources

for 50 hours, full-scale attack.

Maps, clocks, toys.

But with what will I fight?

Colonel Hessler...

...I'm putting you in command

of our armored spearhead.

It can be done.

This came in from SHAEF.

I got a Christmas cake

from home today.

- Think I'll still be here to eat it?

- Send this right through.

Develop this. Bring me the prints

as soon as they come out.

- Yes, sir.

- Hello, Kiley.

Find any Germans under

your bed this morning?

Marching around under there all night.

Couldn't sleep a wink.

That's an order.

I want every item on that menu delivered

to every soldier in the division...

...especially those

in the forward positions.

And I want them delivered

in time for Christmas dinner.

Counterintelligence picked

this up from an enemy agent.

Dated November 29th.

"From Field Marshal Keitel. Most secret.

Officers and men who speak English

are wanted for special mission.

Volunteers will report

to General Kohler's headquarters."

- What do you make of it?

- You know my opinion.

This is one more confirmation.

They're going to attack.

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