16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945The Battle of the Bulge The German Army threw 450,000 troops, 1,500 tanks, 2,600 artillery pieces, 1,000 combat aircraft, and 1,600 anti-tank guns at Allied forces, in through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg, achieving total surprise against the overconfident and underprepared Allies. It proved to be the bloodiest...