the bulge was a German offensive to split allied forces
Little, it was a German offensive. The Americans did the vast majority of the fighting during the Bulge. Since the Germans planned the attack, it was the Germans who wished to accomplish something. At the time of the battle the Allies considered the war almost over and where waiting on spring time to finish off the Germans.
The Germans pulled back and left a Bulge around the town of Bastogne. The Americans seized it with the 101st Airborne Division. They set up a perimeter and then, the Germans moved in around the Americans, and then attacked the perimeter. This action the created the "Bulge", and began The Battle of the "Bulge".
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The Battle of the Bulge (officially called Operation Watch on the Rhine by the Germans and the Ardennes-Alsace Campaign by the Americans) was fought in Belgium.The "Bulge" refers to a large bulge (approx 50 miles deep and 35 miles across) in the Allied front line where the Germans pushed the Allies back at the start of the campaign
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D-day, battle of the Bulge, and the battle of Berlin.
The fighting of what is known as the Battle of the Bulge took place in Belgium and with a lesser degree of fighting in Luxembourg.
The Battle of the Bulge, fought against the Germans, in Belgium, during the winter of 1944-45.
The Battle of the Bulge
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Kurt Vonnegut was in the Battle of the Bulge. He was fighting against the Germans, until he was captured and imprisoned by the Germans. He was placed with his fellow American prisoners in a warehouse that had been a meat-packing facility and storage locker before the war. This warehouse was marked with "Schlachtlog-funf" or "Slaughterhouse-Five."