Battle of the Bulge

Allied powers tried to break into Germany's border, the Germans had a plan they called "Split the Rhine"  they were trying to separate the US and British and force them into Northern France. The Allied forces was greatly outnumbered. The allied powers held their lines long enough for their reinforcements to get into position. Towards the end of December the German advance had not achieved what they wanted it too. With US troops and some British troops attacking the Germans from the North and South they cut out the bulge and were able defeat the Germans. The losses for the allies were about 81,000 while the germans suffered about 100,000 deaths.

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