Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last stab at victory in WWII. It lasted from Deceraber 16,1944 until January 28,1945. It was the largest land battler of WWII, which was mostly determined by the infantry.
Over one million men participated in this battle including 600,000 German's, 500,000 Americans, and 55,000 British. Civilians, men, women, and children joined Hitler's Secret Service army.
Late in 1944 Germany was clearly loosing the war Allies were borabing Germany heavily and Hitler was in a borab shelter. Some people thought he was dead. While in the shelter he was planning his last attempt to slow the Allied invasion. He planned it down to the smallest detail. Hitler assigned the attack to be somewhere between the Aachan area and the Southern Luxerabourg-France boundary an eighty-mile front. The plan estimated four and five millions of gallons of fuel along with a fifty train loaRAB of ammunition.
Germany seemed to be spread thinly along their border. They would patrol the border during the day and go to the post at night. Some Americans thought it would be smartest to attack the Germans at breakfast and push until met resistance from the Germans, but it was thought to be a bad idea.
Infantry reported hearing the sound of tanks and trucks coming from the German side. But the officers told them it was just the sound of the Germans playing the sound on the phonograph recorRAB.
At 5:30AM on Deceraber 6, 1944 they found out they were wrong when eight German armored divisions and thirteen German infantry division launched an all out attack on five divisions of the U.S. first army. At least 657 light, medium, and heavy guns and Howitzers. As well as 340 multiple-rocket launchers were fired on American positions. We surrendered.
Americans were out nurabered ten to one in places. They were so badly out nurabered that they started abandoning their wounded and having the U.S. band grab weapons and fight.
The main reason we surrendered was because of lack of ammunition. The German general took the captain of one infantry, sat him on the hood of a jeep placed a gun to his head and drove him around showing him to all the SS soldiers like a trophy. On Deceraber 17th American Seventh armored division engaged Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Army at St. Vith. St. Vith was a major road that led to the Meuse River and to Antwerp. The American division was successful in halting the German advance and caused them to take a detour. Which slowed the Germans down and altered the timing of the German attack plan.
Bastogne was a strategic position, which the Germans and the Americans both wanted to occupy. The 101st Airborne Division was able to occupy it first. The Germans were right behind and surrendered the city and quickly laid siege. The first show was on the 21st Deceraber 22nd the Germans came in under the flag of truce and asked the Americans to surrender. Our reply was very American "aw nuts!" which was Brigader General McAuliffe's first response. Joseph Harper delivered the message and told the Germans that it meant they could go to hell. He returned and the siege continued.
The Airborne was getting hammered and needed relief and Patton was a hundred miles away south and was on his way. The weather had been bad so there was no way planes could drop supplies to the troops.
Patton was supposed to get to the Bastogne around Christmas but the weather cleared and the planes came by the late 30's and 60's. And Patton's Third Army was able to counterattack and push the Germans past the border.
The English and American armies pushed the Bulge back from the sides and were to meet in Houffalize. They were successful and took St. Vith on January 23,1945 finally on January 28th the Battle of the Bulge was officially over. The casualties are as follows: 81,000 U.S. with 19,000 killed, 1,400 British with 200 killed, and 100,000 Germans killed, wounded, and captured.