BATTLE OF THE BULGE

popular name in World WarII for the German counterattack in the Ardennes, Dec., 1944–Jan., 1945. It is also known as the Battle of the Ardennes. On Dec. 16, 1944, a strong German force, commanded by Marshal von Rundstedt, broke the thinly held American front in the Belgian Ardennes sector. Taking advantage of the foggy weather and of the total surprise of the Allies, the Germans penetrated deep into Belgium, creating a dent, or "bulge," in the Allied lines and threatening to break through to the N Belgian plain and seize Antwerp. An American force held out at Bastogne, even though surrounded and outnumbered. The U.S. 1st and 9th armies, temporarily under Field Marshal Montgomery, attacked the German salient from the north, while the U.S. 3d Army attacked it from the south. Improved flying weather (after Dec. 24) facilitated Allied counterattacks. By Jan. 16, 1945, the German forces were destroyed or routed, but not without some 77,000 Allied casualties.

See C. B. MacDonald, A Time for Trumpets (1984); J. S. D. Eisenhower, The Bitter Woods (1969, repr. 1995).

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books on: Battle of the Bulge  - 833 results

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The Great Battles of Antiquity: A Strategic and Tactical Guide to Great Battles That Shaped the Development of War
Book by Richard A. Gabriel, Donald W. Boose Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Battles, Military History, Ancient, Strategy
...concealment for the movement of an army into position for battle. Alexander made numerous night marches to catch...The German army did the same thing during the battle of the Bulge. Once battle is joined, the security of an army rests in its...
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The Last Epic Naval Battle: Voices from Leyte Gulf
Book by David Sears; Praeger, 2005
Subjects: Philippine Sea, Battles Of The, 1944, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Area
...from the real showdown. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, in its ordinary...shadows and distractions, the Battle of Leyte Gulf became a defining...could have been the Pacifics Battle of the Bulge. Japan, a beaten, cornered...intended to be any- where near battles of this scale; from combat...
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The Bloody Forest: Battle for the Huertgen, September 1944-January 1945
Book by Gerald Astor; Presidio Press, 2000
Subjects: Hurtgen, Battle of, 1944, Schmidt, Battle of, 1944, United States--Army--History--World War, 1939-1945
...disillusion set in. "I had learned all about battle. My idealism was gone. It seemed to me that absolutely...maintained a defense of the northern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge, Eames found no familiar faces in his squad. All...
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North Atlantic Civilization at War: The World War II Battles of Sky, Sand, Snow, Sea, and Shore
Book by Patrick Lloyd Hatcher; M.E. Sharpe, 1998
Subjects: Battles--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns
...Bacall, Lauren, 105 , 106 Baltic Sea, 8 , 75 , 80 Battle of the Bulge, 133 Bechtels Marinship, 107 , 108 Belgium, 24...based, 105 -06, 107 Brezhnev, Leonid, 81 Britain, Battle of, 9 , 23 -44 Britain: in Crimean War, 12 , 82...
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The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles
Book by Chris Coulthard-Clark; Allen & Unwin, 2001
Subjects: Australia--History, Military--Dictionaries, Battles--Australia--Dictionaries
...consolidating or adjusting to the changed frontline. The three-day battle had cost 954 German and Italian casualties, while the garrison...west by nearly two kilometres thus reducing the depth of the bulge in the perimeter. The scale of enemy air attacks during these...
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journal articles on: Battle of the Bulge  - 202 results

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The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge
Journal article by Rick W. Sturdevant; Air Power History, Vol. 53, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge (Book)--Book reviews
...Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge. by Rick W. Sturdevant The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge. By Peter Schrijvers...French, and German about the Battle of the Bulge, 1944-1945. Comprehensive...
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Battle Command: Bradley and Ridgway in the Battle of the Bulge
Journal article by Thomas M. Jordan; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Bradley, Omar (1893-1981), Germany-pre-1945, Leadership, Military engagements, Military officers, Military strategy, Ridgway, Matthew B, United States, World War II
Battle Command: Bradley and Ridgway in the Battle of the Bulge by Thomas M. Jordan In recognizing...difference do they make in tactical battles? In late 1944, US Army General...from the onset in shaping the battle, Bradley took a standoff approach...
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Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge
Journal article; The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 76, 2000
...Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge Infantry Soldier: Holding the Line at the Battle of the Bulge, by George Neill. Crouching in a foxhole during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, George Neill resolved...
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Queering Whiteness, Queering Faulkner: Hightower's "wild Bulges"
Journal article by Alfred J. López; The Faulkner Journal, Vol. 22, 2006
Subjects: Homosexuality, Lynchings, Men, Race, Whites
...word "bugles" it becomes "bulges." If you read the word back...galloping past toward the rallying bulges. It is an easy enough thing...more of the actual heat of battle. But I do not think that a...scene easily translates to "bulge." Throw in the fact that...boys" with their "wild bulges" -I mean "bugles"-thundering...
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Armageddon: The Battle for Germany, 1944-1945
Journal article by Leonard J. Fullenkamp; Parameters, Vol. 36, 2006
Subjects: Armageddon: The Battle for Germany 1944-1945 (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...significance and implications of the battle for Warsaw, Hastings summarizes...historian, as chapters on the Battle of the Bulge and Russian offensives in Eastern...major campaigns (maneuver and battles) contribute to, or rather...of war. Noting that "the battle for Germany began as the largest...
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The Battle of the Bulge Revisited: the Battle of the Bulge
Magazine article by Paul Nicholls; Computers in Libraries, Vol. 15, May 1995
Subjects: CD-ROM, Lambert & Bow, Military engagements, Quanta Battle of the Bulge, Quanta Press Inc, Software, World War II
The Battle of the Bulge Revisited: the Battle of the Bulge by Paul Nicholls Quanta Press and Lambert-Bow Productions have released The Battle of the Bulge. This CD-ROM was created from a wide variety...
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Battle of the Bulge Dead Are Still Heroes in the Ardennes
Magazine article by Corinna Lothar; World and I, Vol. 20, February 2005
Subjects: Memorials--Personal narratives, World War II, 1939-1945--Personal narratives
Battle of the Bulge Dead Are Still Heroes in the...offensive known by us as the Battle of the Bulge, for the great...lines. Europeans call it the Battle of the Ardennes, for the great...maintained abroad by the American Battle Monuments Commission, created...the fiercest and costliest battles of the war. Belgian veterans...
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Lessons Learned from the Battle of the Bulge
Magazine article by Thomas D. Morgan; Army, Vol. 54, December 2004
Subjects: Battlefields, Memorials & monuments, World War II
...Learned from the Battle of the Bulge by Thomas D. Morgan The Battle of the Bulge is a timeless battle study because of its historic...and doctrine. This famous battle embodies many principles and...in jeopardy. The St. Vith battle traded space for time-time...German timetable. In both battles, a light-heavy mix of forces...
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Revisiting History: the Battle of the Bulge
Magazine article by David L. L Silbergeld; National Defense, Vol. 85, January 2001
Subjects: Books, Computer & video games, Germany, Military engagements, Military history, Pallud, Jean Paul, Richards, Guy, United States, World War II
...History: the Battle of the Bulge by David L. L Silbergeld They...who have read little of the battle, remember the scenario in...documented in this excellent battle narrative. Included are lots...and a masterful guide to the battle and battlefield that allows...and understand the many small battles that comprised this monumental...
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The Battle of the Bulge Remembered
Magazine article by Thomas D. Morgan; Army, Vol. 54, November 2004
Subjects: Armed forces, Army-US, Germany-pre-1945, World War II
The Battle of the Bulge Remembered by Thomas D. Morgan At 5...the north and south shoulders of the Bulge salient held. In the north, the 2nd...attacking from the north, the Germans in the Bulge made one last desperate effort after Christmas...
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Vital: Time Was Write to Battle Bulge; AFTER YEARS OF BEING THE 'FAT ONE', WRITER NAOMI BREEZE FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE SOME CONTROL AND LOST AN AMAZING SEVEN STONES
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 5, 2008
Vital: Time Was Write to Battle Bulge; AFTER YEARS OF BEING THE FAT ONE, WRITER NAOMI BREEZE FINALLY DECIDED TO TAKE SOME CONTROL AND LOST AN AMAZING SEVEN STONES...
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Fat Children to Be Given Personal Trainers to Battle Bulge
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 1, 2011
Subjects: Childhood obesity, Exercise, Obesity in children, Personal trainers
Fat Children to Be Given Personal Trainers to Battle Bulge. Byline: Graham Grant Home Affairs Editor OVERWEIGHT children in Scotland as young as five are to be given their own personal...
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`Battle of Bulge': Volunteers Re-enact the Fight
Newspaper article by Christian Dejohn; The Washington Times, February 6, 1997
`Battle of Bulge: Volunteers re-enact the...is a re-enactment of the Battle of the Bulge - Germanys defeat...re-creating World War II battles in Europe under the approving...were there. The 11th annual Battle of the Bulge re-enactment...
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'Battle of Bulge' Comes Alive at Museum This Weekend
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 5, 2008
Subjects: Museums, Soldiers
Battle of Bulge Comes Alive at Museum This Weekend. Byline: Eileen O. Daday...heroic defense of the Belgian village of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. This legendary battle from December 1944, will come to life this weekend as members...
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Sophie's Losing Battle of Bulge
Newspaper article by David Rowe, Deborah Sherwood; Sunday Mirror (London, England), April 4, 1999
Subjects: Sophie, Countess of Wessex
Sophies Losing Battle of Bulge. by David Rowe , Deborah Sherwood ROYAL bride-to-be Sophie...bottom as looking like "a sackful of ferrets", had a constant battle with the bulge before becoming an ambassador for WeightWatchers in America...
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Bulge, Battle of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BULGE, BATTLE OF THE see Battle of the Bulge . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Battle of the Bulge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BATTLE OF THE BULGE popular name in World WarII for the German...Jan., 1945. It is also known as the Battle of the Ardennes. On Dec. 16, 1944...into Belgium, creating a dent, or "bulge," in the Allied lines and threatening...
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Ardennes, Battle of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARDENNES, BATTLE OF THE see Battle of the Bulge . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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World War II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...receiving its first setback in the Battle of Britain , fought entirely...against Japan were scored in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway...June 4, 1944) only after the battles of Monte Cassino and Anzio...General von Rundstedt (see Battle of the Bulge ). On the Eastern Front Soviet...
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Belgium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a small strip in West Flanders, which served as a battle front throughout the war (see, e.g., Ypres...counteroffensive of Dec., 1944 Jan., 1945 (see Battle of the Bulge ), caused much destruction, adding to damage previously...
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