The Heroes of HQ Company

Amazing War Stories

Amazing History Enterprises

Kids & Family, History, Education

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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On the freezing night of December 20th 1944 men of the US 82nd Airborne, 504 Parachute Infantry Regiment fought head-on with a deadly SS Panzer Group that vastly outgunned them. This little known battle, which raged for nearly 2 days, would prove to be a pivotal turning point in the Second World War. This is the story of just 5 soldiers from a company of over 100 men, all of them heroes, all of them prepared to pay the ultimate sacrifice. Sign up to our newsletter here: http://eepurl.com/imr7Dk To find out more about this initiative visit amazingwarstories.com Have a story to tell? Email mystory@amazingwarstories.com Contributors- -Davis Smith former US Marine weaponry & tactics specialist advisor -December 44 Historical Museum La Gleize With special thanks to author Frank van Lunteren -Website http://www.frankvanlunteren.com For more about this episode and all of the incredible stories we have in store this series, follow us on your favourite social media platform on- Facebook.com/Amazingwarstories Instagram @amazingwarstories Twitter @amazewarstories Episode Credits- Written & Produced by Ed Sayer Executive producer Paul Wooding Associate Producer Lois Crompton Sound design & 3D mastering by Vaudeville Sound Group www.amazingwarstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.7	fought head-on with a vicious SS-Panza group
1:11.7	that vastly outgunned them.
1:15.0	The MG42 is one of the deadliest guns in the history of World War II.
1:20.0	You can cut a tree in half with it.
1:25.0	This little known battle, which raged for nearly two days,
1:29.0	would prove to be a pivotal turning point in the Second World War. And it ain't hundreds would lie dead and injured.
1:38.0	Had the Germans held that bridgehead and broken out of the Ardennes, the outcome of World War II could have been completely different.
1:45.0	This is the story of just five soldiers from a company of over a hundred men.
1:51.0	All of them, heroes, all of them heroes, all of them prepared to pay the ultimate
1:56.6	sacrifice. Out of the carnage in destruction only four of these five men would survive.
2:05.0	But their story is similar to all those who took part in the battle.
2:11.0	They are the heroes of HQ company.
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