The Lorraine campaign of 1944 is recalled where the Third Army gained territory, but slower compared to previous campaigns for the general. Not content to wait for Montgomery and lacking fuel Patton engages in local operations preempting a German counter-attack. But when Patton allows his infantry to regroup the Germans attack again and again only to be crushed by Patton's forces.

Nazi Germany wages a desperate major counterattack on the Western Front. Despite the worst weather in 20 years, Patton's Third Army races north to smash through German lines and relieve besieged Americans defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge.