NUTS! McAuliffe replies to German demand for surrender 70 years ago this hour (Dec 22 1944)


Video: 'WW2: The Battle of the Bulge' (Dec. 22, 1944, at 29:02)

(Friday, December 22, 1944, 11:30 a.m. local time; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe today rejected a German demand for surrender, writing “Nuts!” in his official reply.


Video: 'American Experience - Battle of the Bulge (PBS Documentary)' (Dec. 22, 1944, at 35:50)