Bastogne Battered Bastards A2 Poster

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Bastogne Battered Bastards A2 Poster - 594mm x 420mm printed onto 250gsm silk finish.

These are amazing colour posters designed by Signsofwar.com and printed onto a good, 250gsm heavyweight stock, depict all the key players and combatants involved in the battle of Bastogne.

The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge. The goal of the German offensive was the harbour at Antwerp. In order to reach it before the Allies could regroup and bring their superior air power to bear, German mechanized forces had to seize the roadways through eastern Belgium. Because all seven main roads in the densely wooded Ardennes highlands converged on Bastogne (Bastnach in German), just a few miles away from the border with neighbouring Luxembourg, control of its crossroads was vital to the German attack. The siege lasted from December 20–27, after which the besieged American forces were relieved by elements of General George Patton's Third Army.