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Following the successful amphibious invasion on D-Day in June 1944, the Allies began race east toward Germany and liberating France on the way. The Allies experienced got along a 50 mile stretch out of French coastline, and despite enduring 8,000 casualties on D-Day, over 100,000 still began the march over the western part of the continent. By the finish of August 1944, the German Army in France was shattered, with 200,000 wiped out or wounded and a further 200,000 captured. However, Adolf Hitler reacted to the news headlines of invasion with glee, figuring it could give the Germans a chance to eliminate the Allied armies that experienced water with their backs. As he input it, "The news headlines couldn't be better. We have them where we can eliminate them." While that appears to be delusional in retrospect, it was Hitler's perception that by splitting the Allied march across European countries in their drive toward Germany, he might lead to the collapse of the foe armies and take off their resource lines. A part of Hitler's confidence came up consequently of underestimating American deal with, but with the Soviets race toward Berlin from the east, this final offensive would truly be the previous gasp of the German warfare machine, and the month long campaign was fought over a large area of the Ardennes Forest, through France, Belgium and parts of Luxembourg. From an Allied perspective, the operations were commonly known as the Ardennes Offensive, as the German code word for the procedure was Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein ("Operation Watch on the Rhine"), with the initial breakout heading under the name of "Operation Mist". Today, People in america know it best as the Challenge of the Bulge.
