Patton
It seems a bit strange that the 101st Airborne Division didn't need rescuing, although being surrounded, running low on ammunition, faced with overwhelming enemy and firepower - I think the question needs to be directed more toward expert military historians and more importantly, survivors of the Bastards of Bastonne, as these magnificent warriors came to be known.
In taking the forces necessary to conduct a breakthrough operation, Patton knew the risks, and probably was better at understanding the German war plan than the German war planners themselves. A bold move like his breakthrough operation was totally against all line of reasonable Wermacht thinking, so they never planned for any offensive operation if the Americans would have been so insane to even try it. But not only did Patton try it, it succeeded admirably, caught the Nazi with the leiderhosen around their collective ankles, and the rest is history.
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