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Toy soldiers and real battles: The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Counteroffensive): General Eisenhower arrived

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Sunday, January 13, 2019

The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Counteroffensive): General Eisenhower arrived

The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Counteroffensive) (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945). In December 1944, the Germans launched a surprise counter offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, which the Allies turned back in early 1945 after Eisenhower repositioned his armies and improved weather allowed the Air Force to engage.German defenses continued to deteriorate on both the eastern front with the Soviets and the western front with the Allies. The British wanted to capture Berlin, but Eisenhower decided it would be a military mistake for him to attack Berlin, and said orders to that effect would have to be explicit These american soldiers from different makers Durso (40s/50s),
BMC, Safari and Airfix.


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Field Marshall Montgomery and General Dwight Eisenhower


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