The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as Battle of the Ardennes, began on December 16, 1944 at about 5:30 in the morning. This was supposed to be Hitler's last attempt on trying to defeat the Allied forces. He thought that the bond between the British, the US, and Russia was weak, so he didn't have to worry about the three countries joining forces and outnumbering him. He also thought that he had enough troops to launch a surprise attack on the Western Front. He believed that things like bad weather-especially the cold, rugged terrain, and the Christmas holiday would probably catch the Allied Forces by surprise. Hitler planned on lowering Allied air power and cutting off a main supply base for the armies on the Western Front. If he did that, he would be able to surround Canada's 1st army, Britain's 2nd Army, and the US's 1st and 9th armies. And, if that happened, the northern forces would all be surrounded and they would be cut off from supplies, and the southern forces would be pushed out of Germany. Hitler expected it to be an easy fight. The night before the battle, Hitler sent in troops to infiltrate the front. Some of the troops were dropped in a parachute, and some others drove American jeeps. They spoke cons
On December 22, Hitler sent a letter to American Major-General Anthony McAuliffe and advised him to surrender. McAuliffe responded by simply saying, "Nuts!!" On that same day, the weather was clearer, and reinforcements were sent by airdrop, and finally, the Allies began their air attack on German tanks. On December 23, the Americans launched their first counterattack on the southern flank, or back of an army, of the Ardennes "bulge." At about noon on December 24, nearly 20 German jet aircraft attacked a warehouse in Ciege which made materials of war for the Americans. Then they continued to destroy railway yards that also supplied the Allies. That was the first jet bomber attack in history. But by evening, the German offensive had been stopped. They only covered 60 miles of attack on planes at the most. Their objective was to cover at least 70 miles or more. On December 17, 72 prisoners of war, or POW's, were captured outside of Malmedy, south of Ardennes. One SS unit tortured these POW's. They brought them out to an open field and shot them to death with a machine gun. Then they buried the bodies in the snow.
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