{"id":50868,"date":"2019-12-07T15:45:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/?p=50868"},"modified":"2020-12-25T18:35:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T17:35:28","slug":"bataille-de-ardennes-decembre-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/bataille-de-ardennes-decembre-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle of Bulge &#8211; 16th December 1944"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The Ardennes, the last chance offensive &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DvlqpyCdemg\" width=\"565\" height=\"424\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nIn December 1944 Adolph Hitler directed an ambitious counteroffensive with the object of regaining the initiative in the west and compelling the Allies to settle for a negotiated peace. Hitler&#8217;s generals were opposed to the plan, but the Fuhrer&#8217;s will prevailed and the counteroffensive was launched on 16 December by some 30 German divisions against Allied lines in the Ardennes region.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50872 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-593x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-593x365.jpg 593w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-840x517.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-262x161.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g-555x342.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/A06EAqlmt8UqvwYinmPchN8vCphLTyh6awtWczjrU5g.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tiger 2, for this offensive of the last chance in the Ardennes, materials of last production were engaged &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Their technological advance can not, however, compensate for the number of Allied tanks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allied defenses there had been thinned to provide troops for the autumn defensive. Hitler&#8217;s intention was to drive through Antwerp and cut off and annihilate the British 21st Army Group and the U.S. First and Ninth Armies north of the Ardennes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50877 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-516x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-516x365.jpg 516w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-840x594.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-1320x933.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-262x185.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44-555x392.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/carte-ardennes-44.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Simplified map of the units engaged, the apparent superiority of the Armies of the Third Reich however was only ephemeral.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aided by stormy weather which grounded Allied planes and restricted observation, the Germans achieved surprise and made rapid gains at first, but firm resistance by various isolated units provided time for the U.S. First and Ninth Armies to shift against the northern flank of the penetration, for the British to send reserves to secure the line to the Meuse, and for Patton&#8217;s Third Army to hit the salient from the south.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50883 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1-474x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1-474x365.jpg 474w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1-262x202.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1-555x427.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/large_000000-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>The effect of surprise helping, the Allied troops were swept the first days &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Two infantry SS units make progress, behind a Ford M8 of the US Army fires &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Denied vital roads and hampered by air attack when the weather cleared, the German attack resulted only in a large bulge in the Allied lines which did not even extend to the Meuse River, the Germans&#8217; first objective.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50886 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-469x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-469x365.jpg 469w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-840x654.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-262x204.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1-555x432.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/default-1.jpg 865w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Pow from the Us Army during the first time of the operation&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-50887 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QmTuIKM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QmTuIKM.jpg 500w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/QmTuIKM-262x178.jpg 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Americans suffered some 75,000 casualties in the Battle of the Bulge, but the Germans lost 80,000 to l00,000. German strength had been irredeemably impaired.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-452x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-452x365.jpg 452w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-840x678.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-262x211.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826-555x448.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ord_2-1024x826.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By the end of January 1945, American units had retaken all ground they had lost, and the defeat of Germany was clearly only a matter of time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50905 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-550x365.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-550x365.jpg 550w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-840x558.jpg 840w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-262x174.jpg 262w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU-555x369.jpg 555w, https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/3g_tNOc8SnwUeLVijL2KJrQ0uhJhX7IQoPHaBJyXJOU.jpg 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the east the Red Army had opened a winter offensive that was to carry, eventually, to and beyond Berlin.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Fran\u00e7ais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-50868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-ardennes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50868"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63698,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50868\/revisions\/63698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/military-classic-memorabilia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}