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[[Image:Bulge.jpg|thumb|300=px]]The Battle of the Bulge (December 16-26, 1944), also known as the Ardennes Campaign, was the last major German counteroffensive against advancing Allied troops during World War II.  Hitler caught the Allied forces by surprise and inflicted heavy casualties. It was bitterly cold.

[[Image:Bulge.jpg|thumb|300=px]]The Battle of the Bulge (December 16-26, 1944), also known as the Ardennes Campaign, was the last major German counteroffensive against advancing Allied troops during World War II.  Hitler caught the American forces by surprise and inflicted heavy casualties. It was bitterly cold.

The German forces snuck 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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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. American General [[George Patton]] directed the [[3rd Army]] to pray, and then he counterattacked with his powerful [[Sherman Tank]]s and a heartful army.

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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