Contrary to popular belief, it was not the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II; to the south Operation Nordwind began on January 1. Rather than launching one simultaneous attack all around the perimeter the German forces concentrated their assaults on several individual locations attacked in sequence. So great were the feelings against me on the part of the American generals that whatever I said was bound to be wrong. While having the desired effect of keeping the Allied aircraft grounded, the weather also proved troublesome for the Germans as poor road conditions hampered their advance. While the German offensive had ground to a halt, they still controlled a dangerous salient in the Allied line. The Battle of the Bulge, officially called the Battle of the Ardennes by the U.S. Army and the Wacht am Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) by the German military, started on December 16, 1944. Over one million German and Allied combatants were engaged—600,000 of them Americans and about 50,000 British. As a result, many planes went off-course, and men were dropped as far as a dozen kilometers away from the intended drop zone, with only a fraction of the force landing near it. Strong winds also took off-target those paratroopers whose planes were relatively close to the intended drop zone and made their landings far rougher. The Americans were short of available in-theatre reinforcements. The Allies pressed their advantage following the battle. More than 4,500 responded, many taking reductions in grade in order to meet specified requirements. When General Anthony McAuliffe was awakened by a German invitation to surrender, he gave a reply of annoyance that has been variously reported and was probably unprintable. At 1230 hrs, near the hamlet of Baugnez, on the height halfway between the town of Malmedy and Ligneuville, they encountered elements of the American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion. There, as Peiper approached, the American engineers blew up the bridge and the American troops were entrenched and ready to fight a bitter battle. In the bitter, desperate fighting of Operation Nordwind, VI Corps, which had borne the brunt of the fighting suffered a total of 14,716 casualties. This reference article is mainly selected from the English Wikipedia with only minor checks and changes (see www.wikipedia.org for details of authors and sources) and is available under the, Allied victory, last major German offensive. Wissolik, Richard David and Katie Killen. Killed in action December 17, 1944, in Belgium while serving with a Field Artillery unit. This latter question resulted in the brief detention of General Omar Bradley himself; although he gave the correct answer—Springfield—the GI who questioned him apparently believed that the capital was Chicago. Model had declared that the Meuse River had to be reached by day 4, if the offensive was to have any chance of success. Additionally, their extensive telephone and telegraph network meant that radios no longer had to be used for communications, which deprived the Allies of their most powerful weapon, ULTRA intercepts.

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