The Nazi leader, paranoid and agitated after a failed assassination attempt by the Operation Valkyrie conspirators, believed Germany had one last chance to strike at the heart of the Allies in the West. READ MORE: D-Day: Facts on the Epic 1944 Invasion That Changed the Course of WWIIīut that’s not how Adolf Hitler saw it. The surrender of the German menace was in sight. The Americans and British had chased the Nazis out of France and the Russian army was quickly closing in from the East. It was six months after the D-Day invasion at Normandy and the Allies had reason to celebrate. Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich was in town on a USO tour performing songs for a crowd of fresh-faced new arrivals and war-worn infantry on much needed R&R. On December 14, 1944, American GIs stationed in the Belgian-German border town of Bastogne were in a jolly holiday mood.
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