Question

Where was the Battle of the Bulge?

Answer 1

In the summer of 1944, while Himmler's SS men were busy rounding up supposedly disloyal Army generals, Allied troops were busy blasting their way off the Normandy beachheads and into northern France.

German troops attempting to regroup for a massive counter-attack had instead suffered a crushing defeat when they were trapped in a pocket around Falaise. The Germans subsequently withdrew from northern France and then exited Paris amid a Resistance uprising. Fortunately the treasured city was left largely undamaged by the departing Germans as senior commanders turned a deaf ear to vengeful orders from Hitler. The city was formally liberated on August 25, 1944, by Free French troops.

Soon tank columns of the U.S. 3rd Army led by General George Patton were roaring eastward toward Germany so fast they risked running out of fuel. The amazing American and British-Canadian success continued with the liberation of Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Brussels and Antwerp. At the same time, Allied troops staged Operation Dragoon, a seaborne invasion of southern France, then pushed northward to link up with Patton. By mid-September, American troops had reached the Siegfried Line, a series of defensive fortifications stretching along Germany's western border.

Answer 2

Answer: In the Ardennes forest region in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg.

Further details:

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Battle of the Ardennes, began when German forces attacked Allied forces (primarily from the United States and Great Britain) in the Ardennes region. It was an offensive attempt by German forces to push back the front line of Allied forces that had encroached into previously German-controlled territory. Winston Churchill is the one who first referred to the "bulge" that the Germans had pushed through into Allied forces.

The Germans were initially quite successful in their offensive. However, Allied forces managed to hold their ground after the initial "bulge" of the Germans. Eventually, the Allies pushed Germany's forces back. And the effort overall cost Germany too much. The Allies suffered about 75,000 casualties, but Germany lost 120,000 men and much military equipment and supplies. Germany was exhausting its strength. The overall result of the Battle of the Bulge was that it crippled and demoralized Germany's effort to continue against Allied advances.