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BATTLE OF THE BULGE Fought in late December of 1944 into early months of 1945 Fought on the new allied fronts after D-day

WHAT HAPPENED

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This battle was the last major offensive move by the Germans. Hitler had realized the allied threat after the storming of the beaches of Normandy. Hitler sent in the 6th Panzer army, 5th Panzer army, 7th army, and 15th Panzer army. The Germans started strong and charged into the battle by bombing allies forces, Hitler had great success. But in about two days they started to run out of fuel and this caused man problems with the German army by slowing them down. They got the name battle of the Bulge because the Germans had made a quick dent in the allied lines but couldn't hold it



FIRST HAND ACCOUNT

In mid December of 1944 we are sitting in our compound and it came out of now where the Dam Nazis were bombing us like crazy it looked like the end. All I heard was our commander fall back we ran like crazy. All we could do is hide cause we weren't prepared they came out of now where. We had just made progress of the beaches of Normandy. But soon the Germans started running out of supplies. This was when we made are move and we never stopped we pushed all the way through germany and to the end of the War.



"It was, without a doubt, the greatest American battle of the Second World War and it will, I believe, always be considered as a great American victory." ~ Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill was Prime Minister of England.