Hitler's Victory In The Battle Of The Bulge

At the end of the war and a successful Normandy landing, allied forces thought the war was close to over but they were soon to find out Hitler had other plans. On 16 December 1944 Hitler pushed for a massive attack which came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge located in the Ardennes forest near the city of Bastogne. This was Germany’s last real attempt to stop and hold the allied forces. Hitler pushed more than 400,000 German Soldiers and over 1000 tanks through to the Ardennes forest in the first wave of attacks. Just a couple weeks later, Hitler had his Army reinforced bringing his total strength around 450,000 troops. The first day alone the German Army was able to seize a major crossing and had surrounded an entire infantry division around the Meuse River giving the name “Battle of the Bulge”. The Allied forces were overconfident and surprised by the overwhelming attack the German brought upon them. By using the environment, …show more content…
The allied forces lost over to 75,000 Soldiers as the Germans lost more than 120,000. This was the biggest loss of casualty that either side had face. Ultimately Adolf Hitler sacrificed his entire operations by withdrawing troops from the eastern front where they were penetrating the Soviet Union. This was Hitler’s last attempt to push his troops through and win the war. This battle was a prime example of the gallantry performance are military represents and it provided military history with future avenues of approach when directly fighting an enemy force in a foreign country. This battle for the German’s was a huge defeat which in the long run probably cost them the war, which led to Hitler’s suicide. For the American’s it was a success despite the number loss in the battle, this meant the tide of the war had turned and soon the American forces would head home some 6 years and 1 days after the landings in