On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. 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.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:35:20 +0000
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