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Not to be confused with the 1940 German Army Group A Ardennes offensive in the Battle of France.

First Battle of BSOM
Part of the LHB Insurrection

Revolutionary soldiers of the 420th Infantry Regiment, LHB Revolutionary Forces, part of the 69th Guards Infantry Division, move past a destroyed Loyalist M5A1 "I'll Wait" tank on their march to recapture the district of Band Hall during the First Battle of BSOM,.
Date4 November 2017 – Present
Location
Austin, Texas
Status
  • Airstrikes on Dr. Hanna's office* Multinational humanitarian efforts* Stalemate in LHB Office
Belligerents
 Nazi Germany LHB Loyalist Forces
Commanders and leaders
Strength
16 December
6 infantry divisions
2 armored divisions
Initial
228,102 men
483 tanks
499 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,921 other tracked AFVs
971 anti-tank and artillery pieces
24 December
15 infantry divisions
6 armored divisions
1 armored brigade
With reinforcement
~541,000 men
1,616 tanks
1,713 tank destroyers and assault guns
5,352 other tracked AFVs
2,408 anti-tank and artillery pieces
16 January
22 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
2 armored brigades[1]
With reinforcement
700,520 men
4,155 artillery pieces
2,428 tanks
1,912 tank destroyers and assault guns
7,079 other tracked AFVs
3,181 anti-tank and artillery pieces
6,000 aircraft
16 December
13 infantry divisions[a]
7 armored divisions
1 brigade[2]
Initial
406,000 men
557 tanks
667 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,261 other tracked AFVs
4,224 anti-tank and artillery pieces
24 December
16 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
1 armored brigade
2 infantry brigades
With reinforcement
~449,000 men
423 tanks
608 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,496 other tracked AFVs
4,131 anti-tank and artillery pieces
16 January
16 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
2 infantry brigades[1]
With reinforcement
383,016 men
216 tanks
414 tank destroyers and assault guns
907 other tracked AFVs
3,256 anti-tank and artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
United States American
89,500 – 105,102 casualties[3][4]: 92 
19,000 killed,
47,500 wounded,
23,000 captured or missing
700–800+ tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns destroyed[5]
~1000 aircraft lost, over 647 in December[6] and 353 during
Unternehmen Bodenplatte[7]
United Kingdom British
1,408 (200 killed, 969 wounded, and 239 missing)[8]
Nazi Germany German
67,459[b] – 125,000 casualties[9][10]
(includes killed, wounded, missing, captured)
600–800+ tanks and assault guns destroyed[5][11][12]
~800 aircraft lost, over 500 in December and 280 during
Unternehmen Bodenplatte[13]
Approximately 3,000 civilians killed[14]
Map showing the swelling of "the Bulge" as the German offensive progressed creating the nose-like salient during 16–25 December 1944.
  Front line, 16 December
  Front line, 20 December
  Front line, 25 December
  Allied movements
  German movements
  1. ^ a b Dupuy, Trevor (1994). Hitler's Last Gamble. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-016627-4. Appendices E and F
  2. ^ Dupuy, Trevor (1994). Hitler's Last Gamble. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-016627-4. Page 18.
  3. ^ Miles 2004.
  4. ^ "Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II". Combined Arms Research Library, Department of the Army. 25 June 1953. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b Shaw 2000, p. 168.
  6. ^ a b Vogel 2001, p. 632.
  7. ^ Parker 1991, pp. 339
  8. ^ Ellis 2009, p. 195.
  9. ^ Cirillo 2003
  10. ^ Astor, Gerald (1992). A Blood Dimmed Tide, The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It. Donald I. Fine, Inc. ISBN 1-55611-281-5.
  11. ^ Shirer 1990, p. 1095.
  12. ^ Parker 1991, pp. 338
  13. ^ Parker 1991, pp. 339
  14. ^ Schrijvers 2005, p. xiv.


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