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- Battle_of_the_Bulge abstract "The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties for any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armored forces on the western front, and Germany was largely unable to replace them. German personnel, and later Luftwaffe aircraft (in the concluding stages of the engagement), also sustained heavy losses.Different forces referred to the battle by different names. The Germans referred to it officially as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (\"Operation Watch on the Rhine\") or usually Ardennenoffensive or Rundstedt-Offensive, while the French named it the Bataille des Ardennes (\"Battle of the Ardennes\"). The Allies called it the Ardennes Counteroffensive. The phrase \"Battle of the Bulge\" was coined by contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on wartime news maps and became the most widely used name for the battle.The German offensive was supported by several subordinate actions including Operations Unternehmen Bodenplatte, Greif and Währung. As well as stopping Allied transport over the channel to the port city of Antwerp, these operations were intended to split the British and American Allied line in half, so the Germans could then proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers' favor. Once that was accomplished, Hitler could fully concentrate on the eastern theatre of war.The offensive was planned by the German forces with utmost secrecy, minimizing radio traffic and moving troops and equipment under cover of darkness. Intercepted German communications indicating a substantial German offensive preparation were not acted upon by the Allies.The Germans achieved total surprise on the morning of 16 December 1944 due to a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with Allied offensive plans, and poor aerial reconnaissance. The Germans attacked a weakly defended section of the Allied line, taking advantage of heavily overcast weather conditions, which grounded the Allies' overwhelmingly superior air forces. Fierce resistance on the northern shoulder of the offensive around Elsenborn Ridge and in the south around Bastogne blocked German access to key roads to the northwest and west that they counted on for success. Columns of armor and infantry that were supposed to advance along parallel routes found themselves on the same roads. This and terrain that favored the defenders threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops. Improved weather conditions permitted air attacks on German forces and supply lines, which sealed the failure of the offensive. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, as survivors retreated to the defenses of the Siegfried Line.The Germans' initial attack included 406,000 men, 1,214 tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns, and 4,224 artillery pieces. These were reinforced a couple weeks later, bringing the offensive's total strength to around 450,000 troops. Between 67,200 and 125,000 of their men were killed, missing or wounded. For the Americans, with 610,000 involved in the battle, of whom 89,000 were casualties, including up to 19,000 killed, it was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II.".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 1,408 (200 killed, 969 wounded, and 239 missing)".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 19,000 killed,".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 23,000 captured or missing".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 47,500 wounded,".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 647 aircraft lost".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 700-800+ tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns destroyed".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ": 89,500 casualties".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties ";".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties "American".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge causalties "British".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "'''".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "* '''".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "*".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "France".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "Germany".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge combatant "Luxembourgish resistance".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander 101st_Airborne_Division.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander 21st_Army_Group.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander 5th_Panzer_Army.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander 6th_Panzer_Army.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander 7th_Army_(Wehrmacht).
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Adolf_Hitler.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Anthony_McAuliffe.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Army_Group_B.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Bernard_Montgomery.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Courtney_Hodges.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Dwight_D._Eisenhower.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Erich_Brandenberger.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander First_United_States_Army.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Führer.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander George_S._Patton.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Gerd_von_Rundstedt.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Hasso_von_Manteuffel.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Ninth_United_States_Army.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander OB_West.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Omar_Bradley.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Sepp_Dietrich.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Supreme_Headquarters_Allied_Expeditionary_Force.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Twelfth_United_States_Army_Group.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander United_States_Army_Central.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge commander Walter_Model.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge date "1944-12-16".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge isPartOfMilitaryConflict World_War_II.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge place Ardennes.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge place Luxembourg.
- Battle_of_the_Bulge result "* Disastrous offensive in the Ardennes exhausted the resources of Germany on theWestern Front. The German collapse opened the way for the Allies ultimately to break theSiegfried Line".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge result "* Western Allied offensive plans delayed by five or six weeks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge result "*Soviet offensivein Poland launched on 12 January 1945, eight days earlier than originally intended.".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge result "Allied victory, German operational failure".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1 armored brigade".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1 brigade".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,090 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,261 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,496 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,616 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,713 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,912 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,921 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 1,970 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 13 infantry divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 15 infantry divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 16 infantry divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2 armored brigades".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2 armored divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2 infantry brigades".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2,408 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2,409 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 2,428 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 216 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 22 infantry divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 228,741 men".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 287 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 3,181 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 3,256 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 3,305 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 3,396 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 383,016 men".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 4,131 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 4,224 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 406,342 men".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 414 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 423 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 462 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 483 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 499 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 5,352 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 557 tanks".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 6 armored divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 6 infantry divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 608 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 667 tank destroyers and assault guns".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 7 armored divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 7,079 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 7,769 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 700,520 men".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 8 armored divisions".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 907 other AFVs".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": 971 anti-tank and artillery pieces".
- Battle_of_the_Bulge strength ": ~401,000 men".