Best known as the Battle of the Bulge, the German army begins its final offensive in the Ardennes Forest across Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The German surprise attack initially drove back Allied defenders, but fierce Allied defensive and counterattacking tactics stifled the German advance and inflicted unbearable Nazi casualties.
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