In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September. General George Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather. Then came the Battle of the Bulge. Amid frigid temperatures and heavy snow, 200,000 German troops overwhelmed the meager American lines, massacring thousands of soldiers. There, the 101st Airborne was dug in, but the enemy were lurking, hidden in the thick blanket of fog that seemed to never dissipate. A hundred miles of frozen roads to the south, Patton needed an answer to his prayer, fast, before it was too late.
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