the last
major offensive by the
German army in
World War II. In
late 1944, the invasion of Belgium by the
Allies (including Great Britain,
France, the Soviet
Union and the United
States) was temporarily stopped by a
German counterattack in which the
German lines formed a "bulge" into the
Allied defenses. The
Allies drove the
German forces back with heavy casualties on both sides. See also
war, last in this glossary.
the name of an important battle during
World War II (1939- 1945). In December 1944,
German troops and tanks secretly gathered in western
Germany to launch an
attack against
Allied forces in Belgium. (The
Allies consisted primarily of Great Britain,
France, the United
States and Russia.)
Allied intelligence had earlier reported a buildup of
German forces in this
area. The
report was ignored, however, by
Allied commanders (under the
charge of US
General Dwight D.
Eisenhower, 1890-1969) as the Germans were
thought incapable of staging a
major offensive at that
point in the
war. Intending to push
Allied forces back from
German home territory and capture Antwerp (the
Allies' most
vital supply port), the
attack was a
complete surprise and
broke through the middle of the
Allied army's
defensive lines, creating a "bulge" deep into Belgium. Although US troops
succeeded in driving the
German forces back, the casualties were heavy.
Close to 20,000 US soldiers were killed, another 20,000 captured and 40,000 wounded. This battle, involving approximately 600,000 Americans, was the largest ever fought by the US Army.
the last
major offensive by the
German army in
World War II. In
late 1944, the invasion of Belgium by the
Allies (including Great Britain,
France, the Soviet
Union and the United
States) was temporarily stopped by a
German counterattack in which the
German lines formed a "bulge" into the
Allied defenses. The
Allies drove the
German forces back with heavy casualties on both sides. See also
war, last in this glossary. Reels off a
lot of things in the incidentisays, "I was actually the
battery commander at the Battle of the Bulge" or something you
run into somebody up the
track somewhere. (Your
Case 3
Jan. 60)
the last
major offensive by the
German army in
World War II. In
late 1944, the invasion of Belgium by the
Allies (including Great Britain,
France, the Soviet
Union and the United
States) was temporarily stopped by a
German counterattack in which the
German lines formed a "bulge" into the
Allied defenses. The
Allies drove the
German forces back with heavy casualties on both sides. See also
war, last in this glossary. Reels off a
lot of things in the
incident?says, "I was actually the
battery commander at the Battle of the Bulge" or something?you
run into somebody up the
track somewhere. ?Your
Case (3
Jan. 60)