Battle of the Bulge

:For other meanings of Wacht Am Rhein, see Watch on the Rhine (disambiguation)

The battle in popular culture

The Battle of the Bulge has been the setting of several movies and novels. A full length movie, Battle of the Bulge was made in 1965, starring Henry Fonda. (IMDB entry) However, it is infamous for countless major inaccuracies.

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Movie - Novel - Battle of the Bulge - 1965 - Henry Fonda

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Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers is a factual account which follows the fortunes of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne. It was later made into a BBC/HBO television series, also called Band of Brothers, that includes the Company's experiences in the Battle of the Bulge, particularly near Bastogne. Episode 6 of the television series, titled "Bastogne", depicts the fighting around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

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Stephen Ambrose - Band of Brothers - Easy Company - 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - BBC - HBO - Band of Brothers

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Battleground is a 1949 film depicting the 101st Airborne's defense of Bastogne.

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Battleground - 1949

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The computer game Battlefield 1942 allows players to reenact the battle, as does the ' expansion pack for Call of Duty, but the games focus too much on just Bastogne to be considered a full reenactment. ' (1999 by SSI) is seen by many as the most accurate implementation of the full battle.

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Computer game - Battlefield 1942 - Call of Duty

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The award-winning WWII-themed board game Memoir '44 also contains a scenario that reenacts the battle. A number3 of other board games deal with this battle in various degrees of complexity, but in greater detail than Memoir '44.

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Memoir '44 - 3

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