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Position:Home>History> During the Battle of the Bulge in WW2, what famous one word was given by an AmerQuestion: During the Battle of the Bulge in WW2, what famous one word was given by an American General to a German !? request to surrender!. the battle took place in December 1944 in the Ardenne forest!.
The one word Phrase!. "To the German request to surrender,____" The name of the General!. This is not any sought of homework since I'm 36 years old!. I'm a bit of a WW2 buff!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "Nuts"!. "The German commander requested Bastogne's surrender!.When General Anthony McAuliffe, acting commander of the 101st, was told, a frustrated McAuliffe responded, "Nuts!" After turning to other pressing issues, his staff reminded him that they should reply to the German demand!. One officer (Harry W!. O!. Kinnard, then a Lieutenant Colonel) recommended that McAuliffe's initial reply would be "tough to beat"!. Thus McAuliffe wrote on the paper delivered to the Germans: “NUTS!” That reply had to be explained, both to the Germans and to non-American Allies!."Www@QuestionHome@Com McAuliffe is reported to have replied, "From the American commander to the German commander: Nuts!" It seems this has largely been substantiated, but there are persistent rumors that he may instead have repeated Napoleon's famous summation from Waterloo: "Merde!"Www@QuestionHome@Com Nuts - General Tony McAuliffe http://www!.thedropzone!.org/europe/Bulge/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com nuts!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com |