World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" id="mw5A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mw5Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> troops demand the surrender of United States troops at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastogne" id="mw5g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bastogne">Bastogne</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium" id="mw5w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, prompting the famous one word reply by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_McAuliffe" id="mw6A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Anthony McAuliffe">Anthony McAuliffe</a>: "Nuts!"