forces valiantly held the line until reinforcements arrived. Despite being significantly outnumbered and struggling with the coldest weather on record, U.S. Leveraging poor weather and thinly spread out Allied forces, the German forces then invaded the area in an attempt to divide the U.S. The battle began on Decemwhen German troops unleashed a brutal artillery on the Ardennes region with an intense barrage that took Allied troops by surprise. Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge – a battle generally regarded as the turning point of World War II and referred to by Winston Churchill as “arguably the most important victory in American military history.”
