But he needed Bastogne, a crossroads that ... demanded surrender of his forces, Generl McAuliffe shot back with his famous rejoinder, “NUTS!” A soldier’s quip captured the spirit of the ...

1944 at Bastogne, Belgium; the day we received German surrender ultimatum and issued the subsequent "Nuts!" reply. Its author, Kenneth J. McAuliffe, Jr., is the nephew of Brig. Gen. Anthony 'Tony ...

including the “Nuts! parade” on Sunday. The parade got its name from the now-infamous reply of Brigade General Anthony McAuliffe when he learned that the German army had sent soldiers ...

Image A photograph depicting what the town looked like during World War II, at General McAuliffe Square in Bastogne.Credit...Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times He explained to the students that ...