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What do Battle of the Bulge stand for?
It is a common name used for the Ardennes Offensive or as the Germans called it, Operation Watch on the Rhine which was a German Counter-attack through the Ardennes toward the Port of Antwerp. It was the biggest US battle of WWII. It is a common name for the battle because of the massive bulge in Allied lines.
What was the battle of Ardennes?
The Battle of Ardennes is also referred to as The Battle of the Bulge. The Ardennes Forest is in France and Belgium. It was the last major offensive of the Germans in World War 2.
What was Field Marshal Montgomery's role in the battle of the bulge?
none Ike placed Monty in charge of all troops involved in the Germans Ardennes offensive. I seem to remember that Bradley was not pleased.
The Germans goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of?
Antwerp, Belgium
Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the allies pushed the Germans back?
the battle of the bulge (:
What do Battle of the Bulge stand for?
It is a common name used for the Ardennes Offensive or as the Germans called it, Operation Watch on the Rhine which was a German Counter-attack through the Ardennes toward the Port of Antwerp. It was the biggest US battle of WWII. It is a common name for the battle because of the massive bulge in Allied lines.
What was the last German offensive in Belgium before the end of WW 2?
IN REGARDS TO THE WESTERN FRONT - IN A THICKLY WOODED ARDENNES REGION OF BELGIUM AND NORTHERN FRANCE. HOWEVER THE LAST MAJOR GERMAN OFFENSIVE OF THE WAR WAS OPERATION Frühlingserwachen IN HUNGARY, AROUND LAKE BALATON.
What was the battle of Ardennes?
The Battle of Ardennes is also referred to as The Battle of the Bulge. The Ardennes Forest is in France and Belgium. It was the last major offensive of the Germans in World War 2.
Where do the Germans invade France?
Through the Belgian Ardennes.
What was Field Marshal Montgomery's role in the battle of the bulge?
none Ike placed Monty in charge of all troops involved in the Germans Ardennes offensive. I seem to remember that Bradley was not pleased.
The Germans goal for the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of?
Antwerp, Belgium
Why was the battle of bulge significant?
It was the last great German counterattack on the western front, recovering some ground from the advancing Allied (American) forces. By repulsing it, the Allies drove on to end the war about four months later. The Battle of the Bulge (also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Von Rundstedt Offensive to the Germans) (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive), launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name (Bataille des Ardennes), and France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The Wehrmacht's code name for the offensive was Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), after the German patriotic hymn Die Wacht am Rhein.
Battle along the front in the Ardennes in which the allies pushed the Germans back?
the battle of the bulge (:
What crucial error did French General Gamelin make as Germany began its offensive against France?
General Gamelin dismissed intelligence reports that the Germans were massing most of their forces opposite of the Ardennes. He had been fooled by the Germans as they made a diversionary assault against Holland and Belgium. Based on what the Geramns did in World War One, Gamelin ordered his armies into Belgium. In fact, the Germans had mapped out a passage through the Ardennes, and planned their main assault there where France had the least amount of troops.
What was the bulge called in 1943?
In 1943, the Battle of the Bulge was referred to by the Germans as Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein and the French called it the Bataille des Ardennes. The Allies referred to it as the Ardennes Counteroffensive.
What is the name of the German offensive December 1944?
The December 1944 offensive took place in Belgium in their Ardennes Forest. This info comes from Wikipedia labeled The Battle of the Bulge.***The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 -- 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive (die Ardennenoffensive), launched towards the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium (and more specifically of Wallonia: hence its French name, Bataille des Ardennes), France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The Wehrmacht's code name for the offensive was Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (in English: "Operation Watch on the Rhine"), after the German patriotic hymn Die Wacht am Rhein. This German offensive was officially named the Ardennes-Alsace campaign[14] by the U.S. Army,[15] but it is known to the English-speaking general public simply as the Battle of the Bulge. The "bulge" was the initial incursion the Germans put into the Allies' line of advance, as seen in maps presented in contemporary newspapers.
Where did battle of the bulge originally start?
the first attack from the Germans in the Battle of the Bulge was to attack and control the Elseborn ridge in Belgium, as it was the only bridge that Hitler could safely use to transfer his tanks. After this it began to spread to Luxembourg and back to Nazi Germany.
