the battle of the bulges & Fall of berlin
-Battle for Normandy -summer 1944
-Falaise gap
-Liberation of Paris
-Operation Market Garden -Sept 194 - Ploy to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-The battle of the Bulge -German counteroffensive
-Russian attack on Berlin (300,000 Soviet troops)
-Hitler commits suicide in Bunker
-Russians and Americans meet
-Falaise gap
-Liberation of Paris
-Operation Market Garden -Sept 194 - Ploy to end the war before the Russians got to Berlin
-The battle of the Bulge -German counteroffensive
-Russian attack on Berlin (300,000 Soviet troops)
-Hitler commits suicide in Bunker
-Russians and Americans meet
summary
The Battle of the Bulge was a major surprise German offensive launched through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region on the Western Front. Though initially successful, the battle ended up being a decisive Allied victory, depleting an already weakened German army as both valuable reserves and equipment were lost.