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Hitler's Last Gambit Slows Allied Drive in 1944
In Ardennes amid cold, wet ground the German assault known as the Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 1944. Hitler aimed to split Allied forces, reach the Channel, and force Dunkirk-like reversals. Allied troops, including Patton and Eisenhower's units, defended St. Vith Bastogne and Trois Ponts as German armor advanced toward the Meuse.
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Normandy
France
Paris
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Antwerp
Cologne
Roer River
German West Wall
Rhine River
Ardennes
Luxembourg
Haertgen Forest
Wehrmacht
Hitler
English Channel
Dunkirk
England
Trois Ponts
St. Vith
Bastogne
Otto Skorzeny
Meuse
Ninth Army
Eisenhower
Skorzeny