Bloodiest Battle Of WWII for American Troops (23,000 M.I.A.!)=Battle of the Bulge

It was on this day in 1944 that the Battle of the Bulgebegan in the Ardennes forest, a snowy mountainous region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg. It went on for more than a month. It was the last major German offensive, and it was the bloodiest battle of World War II for Americans troops. While estimates about the number of American casualties differ, the U.S. Defense Department lists 19,000 killed, 47,500 wounded, and 23,000 missing.