Battle+of+the+Bulge

Battle of the Bulge Students Assigned: Tom- info of battle, visual, Creation of first hand account, significant Dylan- won, pictures, MLA citations, work cited __//**What Happened?**//__ 1. Germans launch a surprise attack that was to break the Allied lines. To Hitlers generals the act was stupid and cost men and supplies that the army needed. 2. German offensive pushes past Allied lines, creating a huge 'bulge' of land. 3. The German plan was to cut off Allied troops from their supply lines and a port where most of their supplies were coming in from. 4. The offensive at first was successful for the Germans, then their push was getting slower and slower. The eventually came to a stop. 5. The German offensive was encircled by the us first and third army, and the allies started a counter attack. 6. The allied armies moved into the bulge, not only decimating German soldiers, but also taking back the land that the Germans used their last amount of resources and manpower to get making the whole German offensive pointless. 7. Allied armies pushed back the Germans to where they came from. 8. because of the supplies wasted on a hopeless offensive that was worthless in the overall defense of the German homeland, the allies were able to push right into the German heart.

__//**FIRST HAND ACCOUNT:**//__

German soldier Journal, Our Fuhrer, Hitler, has ordered this great offensive. We are to cut allied supplies to their armies that are blasting through northern France, not to include the french resistance that is slicing through southern France like a knife through butter. Its going to be a great day for Germany when this battle is won by non other than the fatherland. We will rid these inferior pests from Europe and take back what is rightfully ours. We have created a huge barrier of land that we have just captured, now we just need to make sure nothing happened.


 * //__SIGNIFICANCE-__//** This battle was significant mostly because it was the last great offensive by the Axis forces against invading Allies. The Germans pushed out of Germany towards Allied supply ports and armies that were invading Germany. The move forward was easy enough for Axis forces, but being encircled by Allied armies it was hard to keep the land they had just captured and the German army was pushed back into Germany. Later, Allied forces (US,Britain,& Canada on the West and Russia on the East) invaded the German homeland and Nazi Germany soon fell.

__//**Winners**//__- The winners of the Battle of the Bulge were the allies. They won because the Germans pushed out of Germany but armies were surrounding them. They then attacked them with their whole army and took the win away from the Germans.


 * //__MLA citations__//**

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"Battle of the Bulge Video — History.com." //History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History//. History Channel, n.d. Web. 20 May 2011. . ====== Edwards, Phil. "BBC - History -World Wars: Battle of the Bulge." BBC - Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 May 2011. .