Adolf Hitler23 January 1944
Hitler's last powerful reserve, the panzer elite, are lost. Despite initial gains 77,000 Allies & 130,000 Germans are lost
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Hitler's last powerful reserve, the panzer elite, are lost. Despite initial gains 77,000 Allies & 130,000 Germans are lost
At a conference Model presses for the "small solution", Hitler refuses
1st day of operations to split the Allies & cut off their supplies
1st day of operations to split the Allies & cut off their supplies
An offensive orderred by Hitler to split the British & Americans & drive for Antwerp. 16 Dec-28 Jan, Hitler's "watch on the Rhine"
First day of operations to split the Allies & cut off from their supplies
The closest the Germans get to Antwerp is Dinant, well to the east of the Maas. Ordered by Hitler, Model prefers just to take out the US salient at Aachen
The Germans advance 50 miles, the Bulge. 16 Dec-28 Jan, a final offensive in the Ardennes 3 German armies attack 4 US divisions
The Allies pound German trains west of St-Vith. Patton breaks through Manteuffels forces & reaches Bastogne
Orders the "small solution", but the battle is lost & the Germans retreat into Germany
Hitler orders the "small solution", the battle is lost & Germans retreat into Germany
The last important counter-attack of the war against the Allies. Fails to halt the Allied advance into Germany
Final day of the Battle of the Bulge, gives way to the Allied advance
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