On sixteenth December, 1944, the German forces relocated through woodlands the Ardennes, in Belgium, to add 1st U.S. Army. It had been the Wehrmacht's final offensive to the western front side ahead of the last surrender in 1945. The “Wacht have always been Rhein” plan envisaged, for General Von Rundstedt , making use of many elite devices of Wehrmacht and of Waffen SS. The orgasm of the offensive ended up being certainly the siege of Bastogne, on December 21st, 1944. The town ended up being defended by the 101st Airborne Division. The models inside kit would be the innovative Sturmgewehr 44 that is often considered the precursor of today's assault rifles.