Video: 'WW2: The Battle of the Bulge' (Dec. 24, 1944, at 31:00)

(Sunday, December 24, 1944, Christmas Eve, 12:00 noon local time; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — Allied reconnaissance aircraft discovered the Germans had pressed ahead to within just five miles of the River Meuse, the high water mark of the German advance, but their fuel supply had run dry.

Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 4/5' (Dec. 24, 1944, at 9:08)

Video: 'The World At War: Pincers 5/5' (Dec. 24, 1944, at 0:00)