In the initial attack the Germans had an almost two-to-one advantage in manpower and for the first time on the Western Front outnumbered the Allies in terms of tanks and other armored vehicles. It was a good time to take a break, and then you had a huge blizzard.'īy contrast, the Germans were very prepared and had amassed more than 400,000 men, and just over 1,400 armored vehicles including tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns. They (the Americans) were out of food, ammunition and gasoline. But from the American perspective, the Germans were going to be defeated – it was just that the Allies' supply lines couldn't keep up. Helpful 17 3 Kiley, while flying in an airplane, takes a picture of Hessler traveling in a staff car. When the artillery is brought in on a train, the sky is perfectly clear. 'It was in many ways a colossal failure of intelligence, and the Allies misread the tea leaves. Cast & crew User reviews Trivia IMDbPro Goofs Battle of the Bulge Jump to Edit Continuity The reason the Americans cannot receive air support is because of poor weather. 'There was a certain amount of hubris involved,' Ulbrich added. Ulbrich, program director and associate professor in the Master of Arts in History and in Military History at Norwich University in Vermont, told Fox News. 'If you look at where the Allies were – after fighting through the hedgerows of Normandy and racing across France, to them the Germans looked bloodied and beaten,' David J.

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