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| Tango01 | 22 Jan 2015 10:37 p.m. PST |
"The usual date cited for the end of the Battle of the Bulge is Jan. 16, 1945—seventy years ago today—though half of the "bulge" remained in German hands for more than a month after that. Records held at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and the website of the 11th Armored Division Legacy Group tell the story of that day. They depict an interesting contrast between how war looks at higher headquarters and how it looks at the front lines. The Germans launched their great offensive in the Ardennes on Dec. 16, 1944, breaching the thinly manned Ardennes front of General Omar Bradley's U.S. 12th Army Group. Four days later, the Allied Supreme Commander, General Dwight Eisenhower gave control of the U.S. First Army to British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, commanding the 21st Army Group. Eisenhower also transferred to Montgomery's control the U.S. Ninth Army farther north. When Eisenhower had delivered the order to Bradley, the latter had been so incensed that he was losing two of his armies that he had threatened to resign, but he backed down. Despite these squabbles, the Allied forces set to work containing, then pushing back and pinching off the German salient…" Full article here
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