During the Battle of the Bulge, the German offensive spanned across a roughly 75-mile front line in the Ardennes Forest, where they launched their attack against the Allied forces. PHOTO ...
On the morning of Dec. 16, 1944, German soldiers burst through the mists and snows of Belgium’s dense Ardennes Forest to attack outnumbered American soldiers in what became known as the Battle o ...
The last major German offensive in Europe erupted in the Ardennes Forest 80 years ago when Hitler’s army attacked the U.S. Army in what proved to be one of the bloodiest months during World War II.
Churchill later paid tribute to the US Army in the Ardennes offensive. He labelled it “undoubtedly the greatest battle of the war, which will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American ...
Historian Russell Weigley judged that "more than any other of the many defensive stands in the Ardennes … it was the battle of St. Vith that bought the time required by Allied generalship to ...
During the winter of 1944-45, more than 500,000 troops were deployed in the Ardennes. An astonishing ... Browse this gallery of photos from the Battle of the Bulge to see what it was like.
Historian Russell Weigley judged that “more than any other of the many defensive stands in the Ardennes … it was the battle of St. Vith that bought the time required by Allied generalship to ...