Notes
-German Counteroffensive
-Falaise Gap
-Operation Market Garden- September 1944- Plan to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-Russians attack on Berlin with 300,000 troops
-Hitler commits suicide in a bunker
-German Counteroffensive
-Falaise Gap
-Operation Market Garden- September 1944- Plan to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-Russians attack on Berlin with 300,000 troops
-Hitler commits suicide in a bunker
Summary
The battle of the Bulge was the final significant German offensive of the war. Although successful at first because they were able to catch the allies off guard, their defeat was, as many would argue, already inevitable and they would suffer huge losses that would never be recovered.
Quotes
"This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory." -Churchill on the battle of the bulge
Subjunctive Question
If the allies lost the Battle of the Bulge would they have been able to take Berlin?
The battle of the Bulge was the final significant German offensive of the war. Although successful at first because they were able to catch the allies off guard, their defeat was, as many would argue, already inevitable and they would suffer huge losses that would never be recovered.
Quotes
"This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory." -Churchill on the battle of the bulge
Subjunctive Question
If the allies lost the Battle of the Bulge would they have been able to take Berlin?