BATTLE OF THE BULGE

OTHER NAMES FOR THE BATTLE

• Untermehmen Wacht am Rhein- Germans
• Bat ailed des Ardennes- French
• Ardennes Counteroffensive- Another name given by the Allies

GOALS FOR THE WAR

• German:
• Split the British and American allied line in half
• Capture Antwerp
• Proceed to encircle and destroy Allied armies.

GOALS CONTINUED

• American:
• Hold off the German attack
• Try to sign a peace treaty with Germany

GERMANYS LAST GASP

• The Battle of the Bulge was Germany's last offensive maneuver .
• They knew the allied forces would soon take over
• They sent over 300,000 men into battle
• This was almost all of their remaining forces

CASUALTIES

• 100,000+ German deaths
• 81,000 American deaths
• 1,400 British deaths
• 3,000 civilian deaths

LOCATION

• France
• Luxenbourg
• Belgium

COUNTRIES INVOLVED

• America
• Britain
• Canada
• Belgium
• Luxenbourgish resistance

CONTINUED

• France
• Germany

NOTABLE GENERALS

• Americans:
• Dwight D. Eisenhower
• Anthony McAuliffe
• Omar N. Bradley
• Courtney Hodges

NOTABLE GENERALS

• Germans:
• Adolf Hitler
• Walter Model
• Gerd Von Rundstedt
• Sepp Dietrich

This was the last battle of the war. It ended the war in Europe but unfortunately, we were still fighting a war in the Pacific.

WHAT HAPPENED AFTER

• The battle of the bulge was the last major battle of WWII in Europe
• Germany was split up into 4 parts
• American, British, French, Russian territories
• Devastated the German economy