[PAR] [TLE] Battle of the Bulge [SEP] 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. [PAR] [TLE] Operation Greif [SEP] Operation "Greif" (German: "Unternehmen Greif" ; ] , meaning "Griffin") was a special operation commanded by Waffen-SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.  The operation was the brainchild of Adolf Hitler, and its purpose was to capture one or more of the bridges over the Meuse river before they could be destroyed.  German soldiers, wearing captured British and US Army uniforms and using captured Allied vehicles, were to cause confusion in the rear of the Allied lines.  A lack of vehicles, uniforms, and equipment limited the operation and it never achieved its original aim of securing the Meuse bridges.  Skorzeny's postwar trial set a precedent clarifying article 4 of the Geneva Convention: as the German soldiers removed the Allied uniforms before engaging in combat, they were not to be considered francs-tireurs.
[PAR] [TLE] Battle of the Bulge [ SEP ] 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 . [PAR] [TLE] Operation Greif [ SEP ] Operation " Greif " ( German : " Unternehmen Greif " ; ] , meaning " Griffin " ) was a special operation commanded by Waffen - SS commando Otto Skorzeny during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II . The operation was the brainchild of Adolf Hitler , and its purpose was to capture one or more of the bridges over the Meuse river before they could be destroyed . German soldiers , wearing captured British and US Army uniforms and using captured Allied vehicles , were to cause confusion in the rear of the Allied lines . A lack of vehicles , uniforms , and equipment limited the operation and it never achieved its original aim of securing the Meuse bridges . Skorzeny 's postwar trial set a precedent clarifying article 4 of the Geneva Convention : as the German soldiers removed the Allied uniforms before engaging in combat , they were not to be considered francs - tireurs .
Operation "Greif" was a special operation during a battle where which forces incurred their  highest casualties of any operation during the war ?
Operation " Greif " was a special operation during a battle where which forces incurred their highest casualties of any operation during the war ?
American forces
American forces