Battle of the Bulge

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Date
Location
Result
United States  United Kingdom  France  Canada  Belgium  Luxembourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander)  Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, First U.S. Army, Ninth U.S. Army)  Omar Bradley (12th U.S. Army Group)  Courtney Hodges (First U.S. Army)  George S. Patton (Third U.S. Army)
16 December 6 infantry divisions 2 armored divisions Initial 228,741 men 483 tanks 499 tank destroyers and assault guns 1,921 other tracked AFVs 971 anti-tank and artillery pieces 24 December 15 infantry divisions 6 armored divisions 1 armored brigade With reinforcement ~541,000 men 1,616 tanks 1,713 tank destroyers and assault guns 5,352 other tracked AFVs 2,408 anti-tank and artillery pieces 16 January 22 infantry divisions 8 armored divisions 2 armored brigades[3] With reinforcement 700,520 men 4,155 artillery pieces 2,428 tanks 1,912 tank destroyers and assault guns 7,079 other tracked AFVs 3,181 anti-tank and artillery pieces 6,000 aircraft
American 89,500 – 105,102 casualties[5][6]:92 19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, 23,000 captured or missing 700–800+ tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns destroyed[7] ~1000 aircraft lost, over 647 in December[8] and 353 during Unternehmen Bodenplatte[9]  British 1,408 (200 killed, 969 wounded, and 239 missing)[10]

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cells: Battle of the Bulge
Part of the Western Front of World War II
American soldiers of the 117th Infantry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, part of the 30th Infantry Division, move past a destroyed American M5A1 "Stuart" tank on their march to recapture the town of St. Vith during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945.
Date 16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945 Location The Ardennes: Belgium, Luxembourg Result Allied victory Western Allied offensive plans delayed by five or six weeks[1] Disastrous offensive in the Ardennes exhausted the resources of Germany on the Western Front. The German collapse opened the way for the Allies to ultimately break the Siegfried Line Soviet offensive in Poland launched on 12 January 1945, eight days earlier than originally intended.[2]
16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
The Ardennes: Belgium, Luxembourg
Allied victory Western Allied offensive plans delayed by five or six weeks[1] Disastrous offensive in the Ardennes exhausted the resources of Germany on the Western Front. The German collapse opened the way for the Allies to ultimately break the Siegfried Line Soviet offensive in Poland launched on 12 January 1945, eight days earlier than originally intended.[2]
Belligerents
Germany
Commanders and leaders
Adolf Hitler (Leader and Chancellor)  Walter Model (Army Group B)  Gerd von Rundstedt (OB West)  Hasso von Manteuffel (5th Panzer Army)  Sepp Dietrich (6th Panzer Army)  Erich Brandenberger (7th Army)
Strength
16 December 13 infantry divisions[a] 7 armored divisions 1 brigade[4] Initial 406,000 men 557 tanks 667 tank destroyers and assault guns 1,261 other tracked AFVs 4,224 anti-tank and artillery pieces 24 December 16 infantry divisions 8 armored divisions 1 armored brigade 2 infantry brigades With reinforcement ~449,000 men 423 tanks 608 tank destroyers and assault guns 1,496 other tracked AFVs 4,131 anti-tank and artillery pieces 16 January 16 infantry divisions 8 armored divisions 2 infantry brigades[3] With reinforcement 383,016 men 216 tanks 414 tank destroyers and assault guns 907 other tracked AFVs 3,256 anti-tank and artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
German 67,459[b] – 125,000 casualties[11][12] (includes killed, wounded, missing, captured) 600–800+ tanks and assault guns destroyed[7][13][14] ~800 aircraft lost, over 500 in December and 280 during Unternehmen Bodenplatte[15]
Approximately 3,000 civilians killed[16]

Questions about this table:
originalText: what was the outcome of the battle of bulge
answer: answerTexts: Allied victory