The Horny Goat
6/26/2014 4:10:00 PM
On Thu, 26 Jun 2014 00:06:35 -0500, Rich Rostrom
<rrostrom.21stcentury@rcn.com> wrote:
>WolfBear <m4josh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> After all, I might be wrong on this, but going off
>> of my memory, wasn't the Battle of the Bulge the
>> bloodiest European battle of World War II in which
>> U.S. troops fought?
>
>It depends on how one identifies a "battle". The
>Ardennes was a six-week campaign in which 19,000
>Americans were killed.
>
>Normandy was a 12-week campaign in which 37,000
>Americans were killed.
>
>Ardennes was one of the largest distinct "battles"
>of the war for the U.S.
Don't forget the Hurtgen Forest with 30-35000 American KIA.
As for Normandy we all know when that campaign started but when it
ended is somewhat fuzzy. I'd define it (at least from the US point of
view) as the beginning of Cobra though most Canadians and Brits would
say it ended with the beginning of the Falaise battle.