Battle of the Bulge
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Batalla de las Ardenas
- The day after Christmas, the U.S. 4th Armored Division broke through the German siege with their tanks, and the Battle of the Bulge was over.
- fight in the Battle of the Bulge
- Battle of the Bulge in December
- Battle of the Bulge in 1944
And then after Normandy, it was Battle of the Bulge.
- And then after Normandy, it was Battle of the Bulge.
- So where, when, when did you you were in the Battle of the Bulge?
Examples
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In what became known as the Battle of the Bulge, 200,000 German troops attacked the American positions.
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Your post reminds me of an infantry tactic I read about in the Battle of the Bulge.
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View films about World War II, especially those about Normandy or the Battle of the Bulge.
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The brother of the cousin at Hickam Field was killed in the Battle of the Bulge.
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My father was in the 101st Airborne during the Battle of the Bulge and the Korean War.
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Sgt. Ted Sannella, H-Company, 120th Division, 1st Army, would survive the Battle of the Bulge and World War II without serious injury.
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In December of 1944, the prisoners followed news of the Battle of the Bulge, and they were disheartened since the defeats in the Ardennes offensive, as well as reports of losses on the Russian front, meant failure in the war for the Germans.
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Later that year, he was killed in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Americans would come to know it as the Battle of the Bulge.
Synonyms
A German surprise attack in December 1944 against Allied forces in the Ardennes, also called the Battle of the Bulge
A major World War II battle in December 1944 when German troops launched a surprise attack in the Ardennes
Surface Forms
Morphology
battle + of + the + Bulge
The phrase literally combines 'battle' and 'Bulge', so a learner who knows the words can infer it refers to a military engagement associated with a place called 'the Bulge'. However, the specific historical referent (a major WWII offensive in the Ardennes in 1944–45) is proper-name knowledge and not derivable from the constituents alone. Because the components give a partial clue about a battle at a location but not the event's historical details, this is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
The name Battle of the Bulge comes from the map image of the fighting: when German forces attacked they pushed part of the Allied front forward and made a big bump, a bulge, on the map. That's why people called it the 'Battle of the Bulge', meaning the battle named for that sudden bulge in the front.