Despite taking dreadful losses, US forces managed to delay the enemy sufficiently to permit reinforcements to be moved into position to halt the German drive.ĭuring the fighting, captured American soldiers and Belgian prisoners were murdered by Waffen SS units. Although the Germans advanced as much as 50 miles in some areas, the Ardennes offensive was short-lived. Operation “Watch on the Rhine” was intended to split British and US forces in northern France.īattle of the Bulge: Photographs What Happened During the Battle of the Bulge?Īttacking through the Ardennes Forest in eastern Belgium on December 16, hundreds of German tanks and several hundred thousand German troops broke through the thinly held American lines. Then read a book afterwards if you worry you have not been sufficiently educated.As the Allies attempted to penetrate across the western border of Germany in late 1944, the Germans tried one last gambit to reverse their fortunes. Watch the movie, you will like it for entertainment. Even if I was a fly on the wall watching one of my ancestors participate in the Battle of the Bulge, that would not qualify me to comment on the entire battle. My family goes back to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WW1, WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, and afterwards. Lest you think I am not an educated reviewer, you should know I was an enlisted Marine, then an Officer of Marines 30 years ago. Titles of movies are meant to bring people to the theater, not teach history.
But there never was a "Longest Day" battle. There actually was a Battle of the Bulge in military history. Another gripe I have with reviews on this movie is with those that question its title. If you want an entertaining war flick, watch this one! There are none much better. Was the TV show Combat accurate? Was the popular movie Dirty Dozen accurate? If you want accuracy, stick to the History channel, and even then there will be debates. Some of them give one star because they say the movie is so historically inaccurate. I read other reviews and many of them I don't understand.
The song the panzer commanders sing is a great moment in movie history.
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