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==Historical accuracy==
[[File:Bastogne Map December 19-23 1944.jpg|thumb|The [[327th Glider Infantry Regiment]] held the western perimeter during the [[siege of Bastogne]].]]

Although the film is a fictionalized version of the siege of Bastogne, there were no Germans disguised as Americans GIs operating around Bastogne. [[Operation Greif]] only focused on the front of the [[6th Panzer Army]], many miles to the north. The scenes depicting US troops quizzing each other about their culture (like sports and films) to verify they were not German infiltrators did occur once news of the operation became known.

The unit portrayed in the film is the fictional "2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon of Item Company" of the real [[327th Glider Infantry Regiment]], [[101st Airborne Division]]. The 327th Glider Infantry Regiment never had an Item Company. When the airborne divisions were conceived early in World War II, glider regiments were given two battalions; the first had companies named Able, Baker, Charlie, and Dog while the second got Easy, Fox, George, and How. The 327th held the western perimeter of Bastogne.