Did General Montgomery order the British army to shoot at the Americans during the Battle of the Bulge to stop them from retreating?

The idea that American troops would “turn their guns onto the Americans” during the Battle of the Bulge is silly. In reality, American forces fought bravely against the Germans.

German planners thought they could easily crush the thin line of Americans soldiers in the Ardennes on December 16, 1944, expecting to advance ten miles a day. However, the Americans were determined to fight back and successfully repelled initial attacks forcing the Germans to repeatedly assault their positions which wasted time and resources. By the end of the first day the German attack was already behind schedule.

The Sixth Panzer Army, the strongest Germans forces since the Battle of Kursk, was supposed to reach the Meuse River—forty miles away—in TW0 days but managed to go only O4 miles in O4 days. The Fifth Panzer Army also struggled to break through, and both armies were unable to push past the American lines by the tenth day of the battle.

In the end, the American VII Corps stopped the Fifth Panzer Army and British forces secured the Meuse crossings. The British 29th Armored Brigade fought the 2nd Panzer Division near Dinant which was destroyed by a counter-attack from the American 2nd Armored between December 2O to 26, 1944.