Battle of the Bulge

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

16 Dec-28 Jan, leads the 3rd Army across France & into Germany

The Germans advance 50 miles, the Bulge. 16 Dec-28 Jan, a final offensive in the Ardennes 3 German armies attack 4 US divisions

Commands US 101 Airborne Div & Combat Command B US 10th Armoured Division at Bastogne

The Allies are take by surprise, Eisenhower commits the 82nd & 101st Airborne Divs

Arrives with the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne to check the 5th Panzer Army

Turns 90 degrees north to attack the German southern flank. Halts the 3rd Armys advance into the Saar

Sent as a reinforcement to bolster the northern flank

Launches an attack on Bastogne

The Germans breach the defences of Bastogne

The Allies pound German trains west of St-Vith. Patton breaks through Manteuffels forces & reaches Bastogne

The US 4th Armored Division turns the Germans back at Bastogne

The 3rd Army break through Manteufells troops & reach Baston

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