When I was a youngster the movie "Battleground" was my favorite war movie. I always thought the reply to the Germans was something other than "Nuts!". In 1963 as a young soldier I was assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (test). General Kinnard was the division commander. After the air assault testing the division would be renamed the First Cavalry Division and ordered to Vietnam with Maj. General H.W.O. Kinnard as division commander. Gen. Kinnard was the technical advisor for the movie "Battleground". Many years after returning from Vietnam I attended a First Cavalry Div. reunion. At the banquet I asked Gen. Kinnard if Nuts was really the reply. He told me the story on how Nuts became the reply to the Germans. I really can say I heard it from the horses mouth.
The Germans did attack units of the 327th Glider Division and the Luftwaffe continued to bomb Bastogne after that but the massive shelling General von Lüttwitz promised never materialized. According to S.L.A. Marshall the Germans were told "Nuts" meant "Go to Hell".
Col. Harper and PFC Premetz delivered McAuliffe's response to the German Officers after their blindfolds were removed. Harper initially wanted Premetz to tell them "You can tell them to take a flying s---," but Premetz thought about it and said, "Du kannst zum Teufel gehen," which means "You can go to hell".
yea this was a different time, i wonder why it feels the same to everyone who is much younger than that generation...COD 2 really exploits this, oh and READINGGGGGGG
That has got to be the best response in the history of warfare.
When I was a youngster the movie "Battleground" was my favorite war movie. I always thought the reply to the Germans was something other than "Nuts!". In 1963 as a young soldier I was assigned to the 11th Air Assault Division (test). General Kinnard was the division commander. After the air assault testing the division would be renamed the First Cavalry Division and ordered to Vietnam with Maj. General H.W.O. Kinnard as division commander. Gen. Kinnard was the technical advisor for the movie "Battleground".
Many years after returning from Vietnam I attended a First Cavalry Div. reunion. At the banquet I asked Gen. Kinnard if Nuts was really the reply. He told me the story on how Nuts became the reply to the Germans. I really can say I heard it from the horses mouth.
Best one-word response, ever. *NUTS!*
i want to be a guide tour in bastogne !
The Germans did attack units of the 327th Glider Division and the Luftwaffe continued to bomb Bastogne after that but the massive shelling General von Lüttwitz promised never materialized.
According to S.L.A. Marshall the Germans were told "Nuts" meant "Go to Hell".
es de lo mejor.pegado ala realidad...
Col. Harper and PFC Premetz delivered McAuliffe's response to the German Officers after their blindfolds were removed. Harper initially wanted Premetz to tell them "You can tell them to take a flying s---," but Premetz thought about it and said, "Du kannst zum Teufel gehen," which means "You can go to hell".
haha! reg on youtube! super!
yea this was a different time, i wonder why it feels the same to everyone who is much younger than that generation...COD 2 really exploits this, oh and READINGGGGGGG