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A Torah shiur on the challenges and opportunities of being surrounded by spiritual growth.
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It was 1944. World War was raging. General Anthony McAuliffe was leading the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army defending Bastogne, France against the Germans. In December of that year, they found themselves completely surrounded by German troops in [music] an absolutely hopeless situation. On December 22nd of that year, the German general dispatched a group of soldiers to deliver [music] a letter to General McAuliffe. The letter read as General McAuliffe. The letter read as follows: To the USA commander of the encircled town of Bastogne, the fortune of the war is changing. This time the USA forces in and near Bastogne have been circled by strong German armored units. There is only one possibility to save the encircled USA troops from total annihilation, and that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over, a term of two hours will be granted beginning with presentation of this note. If this proposal should be rejected, one German artillery corps and six heavy battalions
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- 0:05It was 1944. World War was raging. General Anthony McAuliffe was leading the 101st Airborne Division…
- 0:35General McAuliffe. The letter read as follows: To the USA commander of the encircled town of…
- 1:06artillery corps and six heavy battalions are ready to annihilate the USA troops in and in…
- 1:37German commander, "Nuts." Signed, General McAuliffe. It is recorded that when the German commander received this…
- 2:08direction you fire your weapon, east, west, [music] north, south, the result will be a dead…
- 2:39wasn't allowed to. I couldn't look back and I couldn't look forward. I said maybe I…
- 3:10hopeless, sometimes we feel surrounded, [music] sometimes we feel this fearful, but think about it, that…
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