After D-Day and the draining Normandy drive, allied troops sweeping across the continent believed the worst was behind them.
The Battle of the Bulge was one of the war’s least predictable campaigns. flag being lowered and was presented with it in recognition of his valor. cemetery in the northern part of the battle zone, where 7,987 U.S.
Last Tuesday Jacobson went to greet Duffer for the first time in 75 years - at the Henri Chapelle U.S. Duffer, Jacobson’s Bazooka team partner, shot in the neck by a German sniper on Jan.
The Americans suffered at least 80,000 casualties including more than 10,000 dead, while up to 12,000 were listed killed among some 100,000 German casualties.Īmong the fallen was Albert W. Overall, deaths in the month-long battle are estimated in the five digits.
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