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16th December 1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins on the Western Front of the Second World War

16th December 2023
Tagged as: 101st Airborne, Allies, America, Battle of the Bulge, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Nazi, Nazi Germany, Patton, Second World War, United States, USA

The Ardennes Counteroffensive marked a desperate attempt by the Nazis to turn the tide of the war in their favour and was conceived by Hitler himself.

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16th December 1944: The Battle of the Bulge begins on the Western Front of the Second World War

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