BATTLE OF THE BUGLE
Allied forces are moving through France faster than expected, since the landing on Normandy the Germans have not been showing much resistance as the allies have predicted, the allied troops are fatigued from the constant advancement, they have been moving forward since D-Day and have not taken a break. allied supplies are severely depleted from the constant advance, supply shipments are being held up at Normandy due to mass confusion, poor road conditions and lack of fuel.
To make thing worse Hitler’s SS commandos the Schutzstaffel have airdropped behind Allied lines dressed in uniforms they got from fallen American and British troops and speaking english, they caused mass confusion and chaos, switching road signs, redirecting supply vehicle to the wrong places and destroying bridges and railways. The German offensive was supported by several subordinate actions, as well as stopping the allied transport over the channel to the city of Antwerp, these operations were intended to split the British and American Allied line in half. So the Germans could then proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers’ favor. Once that was accomplished Hitler could fully concentrate on the eastern theater of war. …show more content…
General Eisenhower and his chief of staff chose to hold the Ardennes region which was suppose to occupied by the First United States Army. The allies believed the Ardennes could be defended by as few troops as possible due to the favorable terrain and a limited number of Allied operational objectives. Also the Wehrmacht was known to be using the area at the east across the German border as a rest-and-refit area for its
Allied forces are moving through France faster than expected, since the landing on Normandy the Germans have not been showing much resistance as the allies have predicted, the allied troops are fatigued from the constant advancement, they have been moving forward since D-Day and have not taken a break. allied supplies are severely depleted from the constant advance, supply shipments are being held up at Normandy due to mass confusion, poor road conditions and lack of fuel.
To make thing worse Hitler’s SS commandos the Schutzstaffel have airdropped behind Allied lines dressed in uniforms they got from fallen American and British troops and speaking english, they caused mass confusion and chaos, switching road signs, redirecting supply vehicle to the wrong places and destroying bridges and railways. The German offensive was supported by several subordinate actions, as well as stopping the allied transport over the channel to the city of Antwerp, these operations were intended to split the British and American Allied line in half. So the Germans could then proceed to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers’ favor. Once that was accomplished Hitler could fully concentrate on the eastern theater of war. …show more content…
General Eisenhower and his chief of staff chose to hold the Ardennes region which was suppose to occupied by the First United States Army. The allies believed the Ardennes could be defended by as few troops as possible due to the favorable terrain and a limited number of Allied operational objectives. Also the Wehrmacht was known to be using the area at the east across the German border as a rest-and-refit area for its