Employing a complex and quick-witted strategy wherein he literally wheeled his 3rd Army a sharp 90 degrees in a counterthrust movement, Patton broke through the German lines and entered Bastogne, relieving the valiant defenders and ultimately pushing the Germans east across the Rhine.

Did Patton save the Battle of the Bulge?

After being stymied and frustrated in Lorraine and the Saar, in the Ardennes Patton was presented with an opportunity to not only display his genius for war, but to turn a precarious situation to his advantage. Patton's maneuvering of the Third Army to relieve Bastogne did not win the Battle of the Bulge.

When did Patton liberate Bastogne?

Head to Bastogne in Belgium, location of the Battle of the Bulge, which was one of the costliest American operations of the Second World War. On 26 December 1944 Bastogne was liberated by the 4th Armored Division of General Patton's Third Army.