USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On December 16, 1944, the German military launched the “Battle of the Bulge.” It was a last-ditch German military counter-offensive against the Allied armies in the West. Hitler hoped that the German counter-attack would surround the British and American armies and stall the Allied offensive against Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Battle of the Bulge, so-called because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.

Detailed explanation-3: -Roosevelt who in 1941 would publicly label the conflict the “Second World War, ” and his fellow Americans quickly followed suit. (In Britain, it remained simply “the War” until the late 1940s.) While Roosevelt may have helped popularize the name, it seems he wasn’t entirely satisfied with it.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II. The battle lasted for five weeks from 16 December 1944 to 28 January 1945, towards the end of the war in Europe.