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Battle of the Bulge to begin the next day.......
Battle of the Bulge to begin the next day.......
Item # 719515
December 15, 1944
THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1944
* Battle of Bulge to begin (EVE)
* Armies line up at Siegfried Line (Westwall)
* World War II - WWII
The top of the front page has a six column headline: "7TH ARMY AT WESTWALL, SEEKS AN OPENING" with subheads. Two related maps are on page 4. The initial beginning of the infamous battle would begin the very next day.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much more on World War II. Complete with all 36 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: On the eve of the Battle of the Bulge, December 14, 1944, the Allied forces, particularly the American troops stationed in the Ardennes region, were largely unaware of the imminent threat posed by the German Wehrmacht. After months of steady Allied progress following the D-Day invasion, the Germans were planning a final, desperate counteroffensive to halt the Allies' advance and recapture the strategic port of Antwerp. The Allies, particularly the U.S. 1st and 9th Armies, were spread thin across a quiet, forested sector, with little suspicion that a massive German assault was forthcoming. The weather, cold and overcast, was also an important factor, grounding Allied air forces and offering the Germans an opportunity to strike with their elite Panzer divisions under the cover of a snowstorm. Intelligence reports had hinted at the possibility of a German offensive, but the scale and location were unknown, and most commanders on the ground were convinced that the Germans were too weak for such an audacious move. Little did they know, the next 48 hours would bring one of the most brutal and unexpected confrontations of the war, as the German forces, hoping to break through the thinly held Allied lines and encircle them, began their assault, launching the Battle of the Bulge.
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