Video: 'American Experience - Battle of the Bulge (PBS Documentary)' (Jan. 8, 1945, at 50:39)

(Monday, January 8, 1945; during the Battle of the Bulge on the Western Front of World War II) — Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler today authorized the withdrawal of troops from the village of Houffalize about ten miles from Bastogne, signalling the beginning of the German retreat from the Ardennes.