  {{infobox military conflict | conflict = battle of the bulge | partof = world war ii | image = 300px | caption = american soldiers of the 117th infantry regiment, tennessee national guard, part of the 30th infantry division, move past a destroyed american m5 "stuart" tank on their march to recapture the town of st. vith during the battle of the bulge in january 1945. | date = 16 december 1944&nbsp;â 25 january 1945 | place = the ardennes: belgium, luxembourg, and nazi germany | result = decisive allied victory, german operational failure | combatant1 =  | combatant2= | commander1 =  dwight d. eisenhower (supreme allied commander)  anthony mcauliffe (101st airborne division)  omar n. bradley (12th u.s. army group)  courtney hodges (1st u.s. army)  george s. patton (3rd u.s. army)  bernard montgomery (21st army group) | commander2=  adolf hitler fÃ¼hrer und reichskanzler  walter model army group b  gerd von rundstedt ob west  hasso von manteuffel5th panzer army  sepp dietrich6th panzer army  erich brandenberger 7th army | strength1 = {{plainlist | ; initial : 83,000 men : 242 medium tanks : 182 other tracked afv : 394 artillery pieces : 4 infantry divisions : 1 armored division ; reinforcements : 20 infantry divisions : 9 armored divisions ; strength on 23/24 december 1944 : 610,000 american (average) : 55,000 britishcongress staff:  congressional record, v. 146, pt. 7, 24 may 2000 to 12 june 2000, government printing office, 2004, [http://books.google.de/books?id=z6e993zslkac&pg=pa10398&dq=battle+of+bulge+500000&hl
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