Battle of the Bulge

>>34596834
Because americans are stupid and worthless at war, hence why they resort to terror bombing civilians

>>34596834

Why did Germany bet in an all or nothing attack with their decimated forces and thought it would work on the Western Front again?

>>34596834
American commanders knew the Germans could attack through the Ardennes, but they didn't think they had enough supplies, troops and equipment to actually go through with carrying out a general attack along the front.

>>34596853
Good one

>>34596869
Hitler was a gambler, and if you're gonna lose the war, you might as well roll the dice on a move that MIGHT make some sort of difference.

>>34596834
Montgomery famously said that if the Germans attack through the Ardennes "we know Hitler is running the war." In other words to attack through the Ardennes would be an utterly bafoonish gamble that if unsuccessful (which it was) would cost Germany any hope of holding the allies back on the western front. This is why they didn't expect it, they didn't think the Germans were that retarted.

>>34596853
t. Wheraboo

>>34596869
because being occupied by americans is better than being occupied by the people you spent 4 gears genociding.

>>34596834
America won the war
Germany did not

>>34596887
>Hitler was a gambler
No, he was a calculated risk taker, it's just not widely know he failed Calculus 1 three times. Man was he bad at math.

>>34596853
Germans literally invented terror bombing

>>34596918
I feel like it can be said that rolling the dice while knowing what a possible outcome could be is essentially the exact same as a calculated risk.

>>34596869
Why not? They were always going to lose anyway. Throwing away his forces like that meant that the Germans could not hold the Allies on the Rhine while the Russians occupied all Germany so it was good for everyone.

>>34596834
The Americans had enough intel to know that an attack was coming, they just didn't know where or when. If I remember correctly the assumed that it would take place the following spring.

>>34596888
If only Hitler had listened to his generals.