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Why didn't the Allies notice the buildup of German troops in the Ardennes?
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When, the beginning of the war? or during the Battle of the Bulge?
Beginning of the War
there was no buildup, the German army charged through the Ardennes and through french lines and captured Paris in a relatively short time. this tactic was called blitzkrieg.
In December 1944 one American intelligence officer, a colonel, did notice things and suspected a German buildup for an attack. He could get no one to listen to him until it was too late.
The Germans were very careful to hide their preparations. They moved only at night, and stayed well under cover during daylight hours, to remain hidden from Allied reconnaissance aircraft. Still it was impossible to conceal the trails of tracks left by the treads of the numerous tanks being moved forward. Certain German units disappeared from the line opposite Allied positions, being moved to take part in the attack. It was this sort of thing the colonel noticed. But there was nothing substantial to point to. Intelligence officers were supposed to take such information and connect the dots and offer their assessments to commanders, which was exactly what the colonel did. But he was ignored by the commander of the US 1st Army, and the commander of the 12th Army Group. Eisenhower probably did not know of the colonel's assessment, but Eisenhower shared with his subordinates a belief that the Germans were finished, and had no strength left to make any attacks.
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