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Hitler's
Grand Plan:
A drive through
the Allied lines in the Ardennes Forest, reach the Meuse river, and on
to the port city of Antwerp. At this point in the war, a plan that lived
up to Hitler's Wagnerian visions of himself. The German Wehrmacht was short
on fuel and supplies, but desperate. The Allies were at the Fatherland's
door. Ike and Monty had a bet that the war would be over by Christmas.
On December 16, 1944, with the aid of poor weather, the German Army launched
an offensive along an 80 mile front that surprised the Allies stationed
in the until now quiet Ardennes. How far would the Wehrmacht go? Through
the course of battle, non-combat troops such as cooks and Army musicians
would pick up arms to battle against the German Armies' last throes.
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Lone U.S. Soldier On Watch, Belgium 1944
The cold temperature was as much an enemy as the German Army. |
Losses
In The "Bulge"
The Battle of the Bulge was costly for both sides
involved. American casualties were at 80,987. Of that, 10,276 were killed,
47,493 wounded and 23,218 missing. This number was equal to the number
of U.S. casualties at the Battle of Gettysburg, when American fought American.
The cost to the Germans was even more dear. Estimates of over 100,000
casualties are realistic. In addition to the men lost, Germany had used
up important resources in this last desperate gamble. All that was left
now was to try to defend the Homeland from the Allies.
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4th Armored Soldiers Outside of Bastogne
On their way to the 101st Airborne division
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