RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map

RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map

RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map
This incredibly rare and musuem-grade WWII Battle of the Bulge map was used by armoured and infantry in the BASTOGNE region of the Ardennse Forrest during one of the most famous battle of WWII. This exact map was the WWII bringback of a Battle of the Bulge veteran that participated during the intense fighting. At the critical road junctions of St. Vith and Bastogne, American tankers and paratroopers fought off repeated attacks, and when the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne was summoned by his German adversary to surrender, he simply responded, Nuts!

Within days, Patton's Third Army had relieved Bastogne, and to the north, the 2nd U. Armored Division stopped enemy tanks short of the Meuse River on Christmas. Through January, American troops, often wading through deep snow drifts, attacked the sides of the shrinking bulge until they had restored the front and set the stage for the final drive to victory.

Never again would Hitler be able to launch an offensive in the west on such a scale. An admiring British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill stated, This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory. Indeed, in terms of participation and losses, the Battle of the Bulge is arguably the greatest battle in American military history.

Called "the greatest American battle of the war" by Winston Churchill, the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf Hitler's last major offensive in World War II against the Western Front. Hitler's aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. The German troops' failure to divide Britain, France and America with the Ardennes offensive paved the way to victory for the allies. Lasting six brutal weeks, from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, the assault, also called the Battle of the Ardennes, took place during frigid weather conditions, with some 30 German divisions attacking battle-fatigued American troops across 85 miles of the densely wooded Ardennes Forest. This large and long road map was used for movement in the region and shows some of the most famous towns and areas of the Battle of the Bulge fighting such as BASTOGNE, HOURFFALIZE, CLEVAUX, ECHTERNACH, DINANT, and a HUGE VIEW OF THE ARDENNSE. As the Germans drove into the Ardennes, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle's name. The battle proved to be the costliest ever fought by the U. Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. The formerly serene, wooded region of Ardennes was hacked into chaos by fighting as the Americans dug in against the German advance at St. Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and, later, Bastogne, which was defended by the 101st Airborne Division. Early on the misty winter morning of Dec. Seeking to drive to the coast of the English Channel and split the Allied armies as they had done in May 1940, the Germans struck in the Ardennes Forest, a 75-mile stretch of the front characterized by dense woods and few roads, held by four inexperienced and battle-worn American divisions stationed there for rest and seasoning. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Field Gear, Equipment".

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RARE! WWII Battle of the Bulge BASTOGNE Allied Armored Infantry Bring Back Map