The world is ours

Beautiful story <3 

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Emotional :’)

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demons:

In mid-1944, it seemed as though the war in Europe was finally coming to a close. Adolf Hitler was on the run; the Allies had triumphantly liberated Paris, as well as Casablanca, Naples, and even Rome. After five hard years of war, Allied soldiers seemed to be breathing easier—at least easy enough to enjoy dances, parties, and films from back home.

Hitler, however, had one final desperate card to play. Before daybreak on 16 December 1944, the Third Reich launched its last ditch offensive on the Western Front. Having amassed nearly 30 divisions opposite the Ardenne, the Reich planned to crash directly through the thinly held American front, across the Meuse River in an attempt to drive into Antwerp. Planned by the Führer the ultimate goal was to split the American-British alliance and drive the British to negotiating a peace with the Reich. The losses on the first day were massive; in some places, the Allies were outnumbered ten to one.

This was never accomplished, and instead history was given the Battle of the Bulge—the single largest and bloodiest battle American soldiers have ever fought—an event in which nearly 80,000 were killed, maimed or captured.

By Christmas, the German offensive had opened a bulge some 50 miles into the Allied lines, forcing the largest mass surrender of American soldiers since Bataan—some 4,000 men in a single day. Despite this General Eisenhower saw this event as the Allies’ chance to end the war once and for all. Sprinkled across the hills and dark forests of Belgium and Luxembourg, more than half a million young men were thrown into the cause.

These men often fought in zero-temperature conditions and driving snow, something that prevented them from seeing more than 10-20 yards in front of them. They were only equipped with weapons and uniforms designed for summer and frostbite became a reality for many. In many situations soldiers were often cut off from their divisions in foxholes forcing their wounded to literally freeze to death.

The Battle of the Bulge ended in the last few days of January 1945, when American troops made their way back to the original lines: the ones they had held when the battle began. Sixteen thousand Americans had lost their lives and 60,000 were wounded or captured; German casualties were said to be twice that.

Such brave men so easily forgotten. <3