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Battle of the Bulge

December 16th 1944, Nazi Germany launches a surprise offensive attack against allied forces in the area of the Ardennes forest. Operation Watch on the Rhine was what the Germans code named this mission and it only took five days from the time Hitler met with his top military officials to launch day to get the operation going in full swing. Without major allied knowledge the axis powers gathered 450,000 soldiers and sent them to split the allied powers in two so a treaty could be made on the western front in favor of the axis powers and allow them to focus exclusively on the eastern front. Despite careful planning and complete surprise over allied forces, quick thinking and determination kept Germany front splitting the allied forces apart and ultimately sending Nazi Germany their final fatal blow to end World War II in 1945.

At the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge Hitler and his Army had done almost everything right. When planning this major offensive attack they kept radio traffic to a complete minimum, only kept top officials in the planning …show more content…

All in the same while of the Panzers being halted from their destination on Christmas Eve 1944, the weather began to clear up allowing the Allied forces to begin receiving air support and allowing them to begin to target crucial supply points of the German Axis Powers. Over 2200 United States and British planes were sent to attack these supply points and German troop movements along with sending over 300 German Luftwaffe planes to the ground giving Germany a very tough blow to their plan of attack. This would be the turning point in the Battle where by December 27th 1944, the Germans would officially be beginning to push back and stop the offensive attack and be put on the

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