WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Allies won the Battle of the Bulge. The Germans suffered more than 100, 000 casualties; the Americans approximately 81, 000.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 16 December 1944 the Germans launched a massive attack on Allied forces in the area around the Ardennes forest in Belgium and Luxembourg during the Second World War. Allied forces in the Ardennes consisted primarily of American troops-some new and inexperienced, others exhausted and battle-worn.

Detailed explanation-4: -Where did the Battle of the Bulge get its name? The “bulge” in Battle of the Bulge refers to the shape, as depicted on maps, created by German troops that had wedged westward in the Ardennes through the Allies’ front line. The term was coined by Larry Newman, an American war correspondent.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lasting six brutal weeks, from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, the assault, also called the Battle of the Ardennes, took place during frigid weather conditions, with some 30 German divisions attacking battle-fatigued American troops across 85 miles of the densely wooded Ardennes Forest.