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The German forces advanced through wooded and hilly country in [[Luxembourg]] and [[Belgium]] with the goal of reaching [[Antwerp]]. The Nazis amassed three armies for a massive attack against the Allies in the Ardennes Forest. The Nazis surrounded the [[101st Airborne Division]] in southern [[Belgium]], and demanded their surrender. The Americans refused to surrender.
The German forces advanced through wooded and hilly country in [[Luxembourg]] and [[Belgium]] with the goal of reaching [[Antwerp]]. The Nazis amassed three armies for a massive attack against the Allies in the Ardennes Forest. The Nazis surrounded the [[101st Airborne Division]] in southern [[Belgium]], and demanded their surrender. The Americans refused to surrender.
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[[Image:Wwmapbuldge.jpg|right|thumb]]
Allied resistance, including an heroic effort by the [[101st Airborne Division]], slowed the [[German]] forces just enough to prevent the Germans from making to Antwerp. US forces were placed under the command of the British Field Marshal Berrnard Montgomery in an attempt to stabilise the situation. US [[3rd Army]] forces then counterattacked with powerful [[Sherman Tank]]s.
Allied resistance, including an heroic effort by the [[101st Airborne Division]], slowed the [[German]] forces just enough to prevent the Germans from making to Antwerp. US forces were placed under the command of the British Field Marshal Berrnard Montgomery in an attempt to stabilise the situation. US [[3rd Army]] forces then counterattacked with powerful [[Sherman Tank]]s.
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[[Image:BattleBulge.jpg|left|thumb]]
General Eisenhower proclaimed, "By rushing out from his fixed defenses the enemy may give us the chance to turn his great gamble into his worst defeat. So I call upon every man, of all the Allies, to rise now to new heights of courage ... with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory." This battle was the largest ever fought by the U.S. Army. Nearly 600,000 American Soldiers alone fought in this historical battle.
General Eisenhower proclaimed, "By rushing out from his fixed defenses the enemy may give us the chance to turn his great gamble into his worst defeat. So I call upon every man, of all the Allies, to rise now to new heights of courage ... with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God's help, go forward to our greatest victory." This battle was the largest ever fought by the U.S. Army. Nearly 600,000 American Soldiers alone fought in this historical battle.
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[[Image:st_at_bulge.jpg|right|thumb]]
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