The Battle Of The Bulge is a extraordinary battle that took place during World War II. From the beginning to the end it has interesting stories about how the American soldiers fought for their lives to help protect us and free the Jewish people from the Nazi’s. This battle took place on December 16th, 1944. America, Britain, and France, where an alliance and Hitler was convinced that the western section of Europe was not strong enough and an attack would break up their partnership. So without delay Hitler ordered an enormous attack against what was mainly American forces. Hitler sent three armies to attack the allies, which was supposed to try to split us their way towards Germany and therefore ruin our chance to supply ourselves. So early that cold, foggy …show more content…
morning Hitler sent more than 200,000 soldiers along with 1,000 tanks. This was hitler's last opportunity to try to take us down and gain the back the power the Nazi’s had lost because they had retreated from other battles. This is the start of an amazing battle that changed history forever. Meanwhile, as the Nazi’s were closing in the Americans knew little of the attack that was about to take place.
Days before the attack Nazi soldiers who spoke English disguised themselves as American soldiers and sabotaged behind the front lines. They manly cut power lines, changed road signs, and gave false information trying to hide the major massacre that was going to occur. Although the Germans started off with major success, it only lasted for two days. The Nazis had only created a large bulge in the front line and that's the reason many people had given the battle that name but others know it by its real name Ardennes Offense. The Germans had relied on machinery to help them try to win the battle and had little fuel to carry out the mission. When the weather cleared the allies finally had a chance to fight back. The Germans had also tried jet bombing them on Christmas eve but the Nazi soldiers had little fuel therefore it did little damage. The battle was deadly and the weather started to turn. it started to rain and it was frightfully cold. Soldiers started coming down with conditions like trench foot. As the days went on the soldiers kept fighting to stay alive and make it through the horrifying
war. The losses of the Germans airforces where possible to recover from. The allies made up their losses quickly and the Germans were pushed back to where they started from. They eventually ran out of fuel and had to abandon their vehicles and walk to Germany on foot. We lost 81,000 soldiers and Germany lost 100,000. The Nazis could have never won this battle because of the lack of fuel and supplies they had. This is an battle that has made a mark in history and has a special place in my heart. My great grandfather was a part of this battle. I enjoyed hearing stories about being in the trenches and the struggles he went through. Overall this is a wonderful story and a great victory for the Americans and everyone who helped stop the Nazis from harming us.I Am grateful and proud of the soldiers who fought to help keep alive free.
It was 1944, and the United States had now been an active participant in the war against Nazi Germany for almost three and a half years, nearly six years for the British. During that period occurred a string of engagements fought with ferocious determination and intensity on both sides. There is however, one day which stands out in the minds of many American servicemen more often than others. June 6, 1944, D-Day, was a day in which thousands of young American boys, who poured onto the beaches of Utah and Omaha, became men faster than they would have ever imagined possible. Little did they know of the chaos and the hell which awaited them on their arrival. Over the course of a few hours, the visions of Omaha and Utah Beaches, and the death and destruction accompanied with them formed a permanent fixation in the minds of the American Invaders. The Allied invasion of Europe began on the 6th of June 1944, and the American assault on Utah and Omaha beaches on this day played a critical role in the overall success of the operation. (Astor 352)
...he Battle of Bastogne was vital to the success of winning the Battle of the Bulge. Bastogne was an important road junction in which seven roads ran through, “Seven roads in, seven roads out” as it was said of the crossroads town. American forces relied on these roads for supply routes. The capture of Bastogne was seen as a critical objective to the Germans due to the importance of the roads. Because the 101st along with the 7th Armored Division were able to withstand the attack, reinforcements were able to reach the battered units, thus ending the siege of Bastogne. The Battle of Bulge proved to be the last German offensive of the Second World War with the war itself ending just 5 months later. American forces suffered significant casualties during the battle, the 101st accounting for over 2000 casualties out of more than 3000 total wounded or killed in the battle.
Operational leaders see how the individual components of an organization fit together and use those individuals work to make a larger outcome. When they focus on a problem, they think of what works best within the process and systems to make an impact on the situation. These types of leaders play a big part in making sure that things get done in an effective and functioning manner. According to the Army Doctrine ADP 6-0, the Army over time has strayed away from operational leaders and adapted Mission Command, which gives leaders the ability at the lowest level the capability to exercise disciplined initiative in an act of carrying out the larger mission . Mission Command is made up of the following six steps: Understanding, Visualize, Describe, Direct, Lead and Assess, in which a commander is responsible for. General Patton understood the intent of the Battle of the Bulge on different levels, he was able to form a mental image for the course of actions for the allies, enemies and lead his Army into combat while guiding his officers and soldiers to succeed in meeting his intent. The Battle of the Bulge is where General Patton gained one of his greatest military achievements by using his tactical leadership and logistical genius, which in return helped him turn around the main forces and forced the Germans to drive back in their final counter-offensive. General Patton strongly exercised Mission Command by understanding, visualizing, leading, and commanding what was known as the largest and bloodiest battle during World War II.
The Battle of Britain as a Turning Point in the Defeat of German in World War Two
The prelude to the Battle of the Bulge began on a winter day in mid-December of 1944. Three powerful German divisions, were the last German offensives in the west at that time during World War II. They began after the Normandy invasion in June 1944. Allied had forces swept rapidly through France but became stalled along the German border earlier that year in September. On December 16, 1944 taking advantage of the weather, which kept the Allied aircraft on the ground, the Germans launched a counteroffensive through the semi-mountainous and heavily-forested Ardennes region in Germany, and advanced 31 miles into Belgium and northern Luxembourg near the Meuse River. Their goal was to trap four allied armies, divide the Americans and the British to force negotiated peace along the western front, and retake the vital seaport of Antwerp in Belgium. Thinking the Ardennes was the least likely spot for a German offensive, American staff commander chose to keep the thin line, so that manpower might concentrate on offensives north and south of the Ardennes known as the "bulge" in the Allied lines. These American lines were thinly held by three divisions in the Allied Army and part of a forth division, while fifth division was making a local attack and the sixth division was in reserve. Division sectors were more than double the width of normal defensive fronts, therefore there were more men scattered along a larger area. The German advance was halted near the Meuse River in late December. Even though the German Offensive achieved total surprise, nowhere did the American troops give ground without a fight. Within three days, the determined American stand and the arrival of powerful reinforcements insured that the ambitious German goal was far beyond reach. In snow and sub-freezing temperatures the Germans fell short of their interim objective- to reach the rambling Meuse River on the edge of the Ardennes. But they managed to avoid being cut off by an Allied Pincer movement.
The Generals and politicians thought the war was going to end very quickly where every I gets to go home on Christmas. Generals and Politicians said “A few quick campaigns and a few decisive victories would “bring the boys home by Christmas, “perhaps even by the fall” (Overfield, James H. Sources of Twentieth-century Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Print.) , p74. They were definitely wrong on that note. The war lasted 4 years in the hell the soldiers called the battlefield. One of the first major battles on the western front was called the Battle of Marne. The battle that halted the Germans from entering France into a long standing stalemate. The trench warfare started here, where soldiers dug deep into the ground and settled down to fight off the enemy soldiers. It was a stalemate for man...
People did not expect the war to develop in the way it did. In 1914
The First Battle of the Marne, also classified as the most, “significant land battle of the twentieth century,” impresses one for its scale, decisiveness, and devastating use of rapid small arms fire, machine guns, hand grenades, and artillery. From 5 through 11 September, Germany and France each fielded over 2 million men (British 130,000) between Paris and Verdun. The most modern military technology to date was brought to bear by both sides to terrible effect. During the month of August, each country suffered 200,000 casualties with an additional 300,000 casualties occurring during early September near the river banks of the Marne. Also called the most decisive land battle since Waterloo in 1815, The First Battle of the Marne had immediate operational and strategic impact on World War One. Operationally, the German occupation of Paris was halted, France’s armies avoided destruction, and the British maintained their position on the European continent. Strategically, both armies were doomed to trench warfare and thus a murderous four year stalemate where international casualties would be counted in the tens of millions. The person most responsible for Germany losing the First Battle of the Marne is General Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Von Moltke, Chief of the General Staff and senior member of the Oberste-Heereslieitung (OHL), German Army Supreme Command. Moltke failed to effectively lead the German Army, understand the operational environment, assess the battle, describe clear directives, and to direct his ...
the minds of the public, is that there was more to the Battle of the
The Development of a Stalemate on the Western Front The main reason trenches developed on the western front is due to the failure of the Schlieffen plan, if it had not been for this elaborate quick way to win the war by Germany, trench warfare may never have developed in WWI. As the Germans were being pushed back from Marne they had to dig trenches to protect themselves from the advancing allies, and the allies mirrored them and did the same. The conventional explanation offered by historians for the stalemate on the western front (an area stretching from Belgium all the way down to the Alps) is that by 1914 technology and industrialism had overtaken military strategy and tactics, making them obsolete. Supposedly machine guns and rapid-fire artillery had made the traditional tactics worthless; linear tactics and cavalry charges were things of the past by 1914, and also bad choices were made by inexperienced commanders.
The Battle of Normandy was a turning point in World War II. Canada, America, and Great Britain arrived at the beaches of Normandy and their main objective was to push the Nazi’s out of France. The Invasion at Normandy by the Allied Powers winning this battle lead to the liberation of France and Western Europe. Most importantly Hitler’s was being attacked from both the eastern and western front, and caused him to lose power. If the Allied Powers did not succeed in D-Day Hitler would’ve taken over all of Europe.In a document written by General Dwight Eisenhower he persuades the allied powers to invade Normandy. Dwight Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890. Eisenhower became the 34th president of the United States. He served as the president from January 20, 1953 through January 20, 1961. Before his presidency Dwight participated in World War I and was moved up to captain. Dwight would then take part in World War II and work his way up to becoming a General.
Planning the Battle of the Somme On 1st July 1916, Haig and Joffre planned a joint attack on the German lines near Bapaume (although Haig would have preferred to fight further north). The action was designed to relieve some of the strain on Verdun. Haig was quite hopeful that it would break through the German lines and bring the Allies victory. Artillery Bombardment The attack was preceded by an eight-day artillery bombardment, in which 1537 British guns fired 1,723,873 rounds. The sound of the bombardment could be heard in England.
...ularly as the Battle of the Bulge, the last German offensive of the war. Waffen-SS units fought hard enough that they managed to successfully push back the Allies throughout the forest. Their advance was only rendered fruitless by lack of fuel for their tanks or proper air support. At Malmedy the SS showed its darker side when American POW’s were killed after what is thought to have been a singular escape attempt gone wrong. Leibstandarte SS officer Joachim Peiper was sentenced to death by the Allies after wars end for his part in this massacre, but was later sentences to life in prison instead.
Good morning my classmates and Mr Mcconville, today I’m here to tell you about the Battle of the Somme, the biggest battles within WW1. In early 1916, the French initiated a joint offensive with the British along the valley of the Somme, France. The Somme Offensive took place between the 1st of July to the 18th of November 1916. The Somme offensive was intended to achieve a victory over the Germans on the Western Front after just under 2 years of stalemate deadlock. This battle was mainly a return fire at the Germans for deploying their troops to attack the French in the battle of Verdun.
On October 14 1806, the Prussian army was annihilated by the French forces of Napoleon at the battle of Jena-Auerstädt, and the Kingdom of Prussia fell to the French Empire. The Prussian army, using outdated tactics and training established in the 17th century by Frederick the Great, poorly organized, and lead by conservative, elderly generals, who were living in the glory of the past, was an easy victim to the revolutionary style of warfare employed by Napoleon. With this “shocking defeat” of the Prussian army, the “Prussian King Frederick William III convened a military commission in 1807 to investigate the debacle at Jena-Auerstädt and propose reforms to the existing military structure” (Knot, 13). The King charged Colonel Gneisenau and