Battle of the Bulge

Less than six months after storming the beaches of Normandy, Allied forces had succeeded in pushing the Germans out of France. Both sides were now hunkered down, planning their next moves in secrecy. Then, on December 16, the Germans launched the Battle of the Bulge, named because of their success in pushing through the middle of the Allied defenses. It would become the bloodiest battle of World War II.

Deep alarm was felt widely in the West and particularly in Luxembourg where one of our men saw a woman ironing a Nazi banner with which she expected to greet the returning Wehrmacht.

–Fred McDonald