Editing Battleground (film) (section)

===Background===
Robert Pirosh had based the script on his own experiences during the [[Battle of the Bulge]],<ref>Pirosh was a sergeant in Company G, 320th Infantry of the [[35th Infantry Division (United States)|35th Infantry Division]], one of Patton's divisions assigned to break through to Bastogne.</ref> although he did not serve with the 101st Airborne, but with the [[35th Infantry Division (United States)|35th Infantry Division]]. 

Many of the incidents in the film were based on actual events, including the rejection of a German demand for surrender on December 22, 1944, with Brig. Gen. [[Anthony McAuliffe]]'s one word response, "Nuts!".<ref>[http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Bastogne/bast-14.htm S.L.A. Marshall ''Bastogne: The First Eight Days''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902012543/http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/Bastogne/bast-14.htm|date=September 2, 2019}}, Chapter 14 and notes.</ref> Other events in the film, like Private Kipp's continual loss of his [[false teeth]] and Private Roderigues' having never seen snow before, were from Pirosh's experiences.