World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_S._Patton" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Central" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Army Central">Third Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Bastogne" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Bastogne">breaks the encirclement</a> of surrounded U.S. forces at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastogne" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bastogne">Bastogne</a>, Belgium.