Battle of the Buldge

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The Battle of the Buldge was the last of the German attacks. It lasted from December

16,1944 to January 28, 1945. The Battle of the Buldge was the largest land battle of

World War 2. More then a million men participated in this battle, 600,000 germans,

500,000 Americans and 55,000 British armies were fighting. Towards the end of 1944,

World War 2 was coming to an end. The German forces were weakening. Hitler's armies

were on the run. The Allies had regained land that was previously taken over by the

Nazis, such as Paris, Casablanca and Tripolia. Hitler decided that a surprise attack

against the allies could turn the tide of the war. He built up large armies with newly

built tanks, artillery and airplanes.

Hitler's last attack had to work or he would be defeated. The plan was to march 85

miles from Southern Belgium to Luxembourg and attack the allies by surprise. He would

attack during the Christmas season in the Ardennes Forest, an area where there were

only a few allied shoulders. The invasion was designed to split the American and British

armies in half. However it did not succeed. The German armies caught the allies by

surprise. They had some success in the beginning and were able to take a lot of land

from the allies and captured many allied soldiers. The allied forces fought Hitler's armies

bravely. They held on to their ground wherever they could. They slowed down the

German armies until American and English reinforcements arrived to fight the Germans.

The German army was no match for the allied forces. They were running out of fuel,

men and ammunition. After fierce battles the German forces were pushed back and

gave up all the land they had conquered in the beginning of the battle. The allied

forces completely destroyed the German armies. From this time forward the Germans

were never able to raise a large army again to attack the allies. The allied forces soon

invaded Germany and completely destroyed the rest of the German army. Hitler

committed suicide in May of 1945 and the Germans surrendered shortly after. This is

how World War 2 ended.