The actual offensive was codenamed Operation Autumn Mist (Unternehmen Herbstnebel). The German codename for the buildup to the offensive was Watch on the Rhine (Wacht am Rhine). It was a German offensive intended to drive a wedge between the American and British armies in France and the Low Countries and recapture the port of Antwerp in the Netherlands to deny the Allies use of the port facilities. The Battle of the Bulge (December 16, 1944–January 16, 1945), also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II it is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army.
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