On 26 December the lead element of Patton 's US Third Army reached Arriving Bastogne from the south , ending Process_end the siege Besieging .

Controversy surrounds Surrounding the true reasons behind the mission , which most likely was to liberate Patton 's son-in-law , John K. Waters , taken captive Conquering in Tunisia in 1943 .

The liberation began Process_start when the French Forces of the Interior—the military structure of the French Resistance—staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army , led by General George Patton .

George Patton ’ s US Third Army was ordered Request by General Dwight Eisenhower not to come to the aid Assistance of the Czech insurgents , which undermined the credibility of the Western powers in postwar Czechoslovakia .