The sudden counteroffensive surprised the American forces, holding the lightly fortified front running through Belgium’s Ardennes Forest ... by heavy snow, the German troops and Panzer divisions ...

The last major German offensive in Europe erupted in the Ardennes Forest 80 years ago when Hitler’s army attacked the U.S. Army in what proved to be one of the bloodiest months during World War II.

During the Battle of the Bulge, the German offensive spanned across a roughly 75-mile front line in the Ardennes Forest, where they launched their attack against the Allied forces. PHOTO ...

The German offensive through the Ardennes forest in Belgium — which got its name from how the initial penetration of the Nazi troops had created a “bulge” in the Allies’ lines — was ...

On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous offensive through the quiet, thinly defended Ardennes Forest in Belgium. Adolf Hitler and planners in Berlin achieved total surprise.

A Midnight Clear is about a group of young American troops carrying out advance reconnaissance in the Ardennes Forest in late ...

When that Allied "Blitzkrieg in Reverse" brought the European war's front line to Germany's doorstep that ... in the northern sector of the Ardennes Forest region of France, Belgium and Luxembourg.

In the dense woods of the Ardennes Forest, during a biting and cold winter in December 1944, American troops found themselves facing a sudden large attack from German soldiers. Undersupplied ...

heard what sounded like machinery running way off in the distance in the Ardennes Forest. Toward morning, it became apparent that the noise was German tanks and infantry—it was the beginning of ...

Unfortunately, the game plan was interrupted by a massive German offensive through the Ardennes Forest. The 101st was rushed to the Belgian city of Bastogne, where they would mount their now ...

When that Allied “Blitzkrieg in Reverse” brought the European war’s front line to Germany’s doorstep ... in the northern sector of the Ardennes Forest region of France, Belgium and Luxembourg.