Battle of the Bulge 80th Anniversary

Rob Citino, PhD and Mike Bell, PhD discuss Battle of the Bulge, 80 years later. 

[sebillejules]

Greetings from Belgium where we, Belgians, have never forgotten the Allied sacrifices . We still honour they memory

[cheesenoodles]

The veterans of this war were all around me growing up. I knew about various battles and theaters but not until I got older did I really get a clear they are gone. Never forget their great sacrifice....they are the greatest generation. I thank the authors that did the research, wrote the books and shared what they have learned.

[Francois-nv]

Whenever Rob Citino speaks, it’s definitely worth a listen.

[Idahoguy]

In 1940 a German army went thru the Ardennes in the Summer. Driving tanks which weighed half as much as the tanks of 1944. Against no opposition on the ground and the air. The opposite happened in December of 1944

[KOMET]

My late father in December 1944 was a 19 year old GI in a racially segregated unit in Patton's Third Army that provided support for the 87th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge. He mentioned to me how horrendously COLD it was in Belgium at that time, as well as the high number of GIs who were killed in that battle. Consequently, the U.S. Army, for the first time in its history, integrated some of its infantry units because of the losses of white GIs it had sustained.

[EErail]

Really want to visit the Ardennes one day…not hugely far from North East England by ferry via Amsterdam or train. Sir Antony Beevor’s Ardennes: 1944 is probably a seminal work on the Bulge?

[mattds]

I thought the Meusse- Argonne was the US's biggest battle. Thoughts?

[lyndoncmp]

Ah, when Montgomery had to step in and command the American battle for them. Bradley and Patton never got over the humiliation, but Eisenhower was correct in sending for his best and most successful general. Pity Eisenhower didn't listen to Montgomery before though on November 28th when Montgomery warned Eisenhower that the American front line before the Ardennes was too weak and thinly held. Eisenhower did nothing.