Lest we forget

The Battle of the Bulge (la bataille des Ardennes - het von Rundstedt offensief) ended 70 years ago.

"The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes regions of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxemburg on the Western Font toward the end of World War II in Europe. Hitler planned the offensive with the primary goal to recapture the important harbor of Antwerp. The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard. United States forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred the highest casualties for any operation during the war. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armored forces on the western front which Germany was largely unable to replace. German personnel and Luftwaffe aircraft also sustained heavy losses."

Read : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge#Allies_prevail.

The battle was the last, desperate assault of the nazi monster.

"About 610,000 American forces were involved in the battle, and 89,000 were casualties, including 19,000 killed. It was the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in World War II."