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16/12/1944 The Germans launch a final offensive in the west

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The Battle of the Bulge Documentary

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The Battle of the Bulge (1944-45)

The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, towards the end of World War II. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard.
    • Essentials 

    • Other battles of WW II involving the USA 

    • Background 

    • Allied supply issues 

    • German plans 

    • Drafting the offensive 

    • Operation names 

    • Planning 

    • Initial German assault 

    • Units involved in initial assault 

    • Attack on the northern shoulder 

    • Best German divisions assigned 

    • German forces held up 

    • Malmedy massacre 

    • Kampfgruppe Peiper deflected southeast 

    • Wereth 11 

    • Germans advance west 

    • German advance halted 

    • Outcome 

    • Operation Stösser 

    • Chenogne massacre 

    • Attack in the center 

    • Battle for St. Vith 

    • Meuse River bridges 

    • Operation Greif and Operation Währung 

    • Attack in the south 

    • Siege of Bastogne 

    • Allied counteroffensive 

    • German counterattack 

    • Allies prevail 

    • Hitler's chosen few 

    • Allied high-command controversy 

    • Montgomery's actions 

    • Casualties 

    • Result 

    • Media attention 

    • Missed indicators 

    • Battle credit 

    • In popular culture