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erronis

(23,264 posts)
Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:00 PM 16 hrs ago

Battle of the Bulge Episode 6: Patton's Army on the Move -- Heather Cox Richardson

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/battle-of-the-bulge-episode-6-pattons

This one was personal: I had people in Patton's Third Army and heard stories about the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne as a kid, but it's only with this series the pieces are falling into place.

I'm sitting here writing tonight's letter on this weekend's Munich Security Conference, where the Trump administration has taken the position that we should throw out all the U.S. and its allies and partners worked for to make sure scenes like this never happened again, and I am horrified.

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erronis

(23,264 posts)
4. They were called The Greatest Generation because they fought our fascist enemies, and upheld democracy.
Mon Feb 16, 2026, 09:39 AM
1 hr ago

Many thanks to people like your father!

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