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World War Two Battles: The Battle Of The Bulge

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Famous World War II Battles Some people say that WW II is one of the bloodiest wars. There was a lot of death from both the Allies and the Axis powers. In WW II there was lots of battles, but I 'm only going to talk about the major or famous battles like… the Battle of the Bulge, Iwo Jima,and Hurtgen Forest. these are only three of the major battles that happen during WW II. Battle of the Bulge is one of the many major battle that happened. The Battle of the Bulge happen on December 16, 1944. During this battle the axis power was trying to split the allies or means of a surprise attack. The Germans attacked with about 250,000 soldiers against the allies 80,000 men. A trick the Germans used was by putting english speaking germans so the

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