The Battle
of the Bulge (16 December
1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested
Ardennes region of Wallonia in
Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World
War II in Europe. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States
forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties for
any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's
armored forces on the western front, and Germany was largely unable to replace
them. German personnel, and later Luftwaffe aircraft (in the concluding stages
of the engagement), also sustained heavy losses.
Different forces referred to the battle by
different names. The Germans referred to it officially as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation
Watch on the Rhine") or usually Ardennen
Offensive or Rundstedt-Offensive, while the
French named it the Bataille
des Ardennes ("Battle of
the Ardennes"). The Allies called it the Ardennes
Counteroffensive. The phrase "Battle of the Bulge" was coined by
contemporary press to describe the way the Allied front line bulged inward on
wartime news maps; the phrase “Battle of the Bulge” became the most widely used
name for the battle.
The German offensive was supported by
several subordinate actions including Operations designed to stop Allied transport over
the channel to the port city of Antwerp, These operations were intended to
split the British and American Allied line in half, so the Germans could then
proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies
to negotiate a more favorable peace agreement with the Axis Powers. Once that
was accomplished, Hitler could fully concentrate on the Eastern theatre of war.
The German forces with utmost secrecy,
minimizing radio traffic, and moving troops and equipment under cover of
darkness planned the offensive. The Allies ignored intercepted German
communications that indicated a major German offensive preparation in the area.
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Note: Although we have not yet visited the impressive Armored Fighting Vehicle Museum (The Tank Museum in Bovington, United Kingdom), we have as of 2019, toured many of the battle sites, museums, towns and cities in the Netherlands and Germany, using the same self-guided, GPS supported itinerary that we have used on past travel to visit All Five of the Landing Beaches along the Cotentin Peninsula and many of the historical locations, museums and restored bunkers in and around Normandy. Also, as part of our 2019 trip to Europe, we used the same GPS supported format to once again visit the Bastogne area, including the Baugnez '44 Museum, the site of the Malmedy Massacre, the Bastogne War Museum, the December '44 Museum, the still existing foxholes of the 502nd and 506th P.I.R. and the pastoral surrounding area in Belgium. We have found the people of the Netherlands (Nederlanders), the French and the Belgian people, especially in Amsterdam, the towns in Normandy and the area near Bastogne, to be very friendly and still grateful to the Allies, especially the American forces, for their liberation… despite the huge loss of life and property damage suffered by the French, Dutch and Belgian civilians. In addition, should you plan to visit the area in and around Normandy, the Netherlands or Bastogne, we would be willing to share our experiences or trip itinerary with you, which may help to make your travel through the areas easier and perhaps make the historical experience more valuable.
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