Battle of the Bulge: adapted from The guns at last light

Allied and Axis commands and armies engaged in the Battle of the Bulge

World War II timeline

Key players

A note to readers

The European Theater : September 1939-November 1944

Hitler's plan

Zero Day : December 16, 1944

War in the raw

The end of the War

Charles de Gaulle

Changing the U.S. draft laws to supply reinforcements

U.S. winter battle clothing

Radio communications on the battlefield

Tracks, tanks, and planes at the Battle of the Bulge

Napalm and poison gas

Winter takes its toll

"Kilroy was here"

Horses, mules, and dogs of war

Signal corps

Weapons used by infantry

Numbers tell part of the story

Battle of the Bulge timeline

Glossary

Places to visit.