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BATTLE OF THE BULGE

In general area of Europe where it took place. Border of France, Luxembourg and Belgium

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WHERE DID BATTLE OF THE BULGE TAKE PLACE?

Map• After D Day (June 1944)

Allied forces went through German occupied France, Antwerp, and Arnhem before the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944)

• Ardennes Forrest• Headed toward the Meuse

River

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Why is it called the Battle of the Bulge?

Bastogne

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SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY

Life in the Foxhole


FOXHOLES


SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER“Ike”West Point TrainedBrains behind Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa), DDAY Invasion (Operation Overlord)And the rest of the war.Will become President of the USA!


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ALLIED LEADERSHIP

• Anthony McAulliffe• Famous for his reply to

German Commander requesting unconditional surrender

• “NUTS!!!!”


http://upstreampolitics.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/december-22-1944-siege-of-bastogne-battle-of-the-bulge/anthony-mcauliffe/

ALLIED LEADERSHIP

General George S. PattonBroke through the German lines at the Battle of the Bulge and saved allied troops at Bastogne

Patton /George C. Scott as Patton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4_47O2Pfy8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4_47O2Pfy8


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ALLIED LEADERSHIP

GENERAL OMAR BRADLEYUS General at Battle of the BulgeDirectly commanded largest number of troops in WWII Went to West Point He is known as “the soldiers general” because he showed great care and compassion for the “boys”Led Veterans Administration after Retirement


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Allied Leadership

Ike and Patton

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German LeadersGenerals Rundstedt and Rommel

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