<P> The Battle of the Bulge ( 16 December 1944 -- 25 January 1945 ) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II . It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium , northeast France , and Luxembourg , towards the end of World War II . The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard . American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war . The battle also severely depleted Germany 's armored forces , and they were largely unable to replace them . German personnel and , later , Luftwaffe aircraft ( in the concluding stages of the engagement ) also sustained heavy losses . </P>
<P> The Battle of the Bulge ( 16 December 1944 -- 25 January 1945 ) was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II . It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium , northeast France , and Luxembourg , towards the end of World War II . The surprise attack caught the Allied forces completely off guard . American forces bore the brunt of the attack and incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war . The battle also severely depleted Germany 's armored forces , and they were largely unable to replace them . German personnel and , later , Luftwaffe aircraft ( in the concluding stages of the engagement ) also sustained heavy losses . </P>
when did the battle of the bulge end
when did the battle of the bulge end
25 January 1945
25 January 1945