TRIUMPH OVER NAZI GERMANY JANUARY 25, 1945 Less than five months after the Battle of the Bulge ended, the war in Europe was over. Read more: Battle of the Bulge: Rare Photos From Hitler’s Last Gamble, 1944-1945 | LIFE life.time/history/battle-of-the-bulge-rare-photos-from-hitlers-last-gamble-1944-1945/#ixzz3LBN2yzr7 From mid-December 1944 through the end of January 1945, in the heavily forested Ardennes Mountains of Belgium, thousands of American, British, Canadian, Belgian and French forces struggled to turn back the final major German offensive of World War II. While Allied forces ultimately triumphed, it was an absolutely vicious six weeks of fighting, with tens of thousands dead on both sides. Today, the conflict is known as the Battle of the Bulge. “This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war,” Winston Churchill said in the House of Commons following the Battle of the Bulge, “and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory.” Comes A Soldiers Whisper, remembering history one day at a time. https://facebook/ComesASoldierswhisper
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