HyperDic: battle_of_the_bulge

English > 1 sense of the expression Battle of the Bulge:
NOUNactBattle of the Bulge, Battle of the Ardennes Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensivea battle during World War II
English > Battle of the Bulge: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA battle during World War II; in December 1944 von Rundstedt launched a powerful counteroffensive in the forest at Ardennes and caught the Allies by surprise.
SynonymsBattle of the Ardennes Bulge, Ardennes counteroffensive
Instance ofpitched battleA fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
Part ofWorld War II, World War 2, Second World WarA war between the Allies (Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia) and the Axis (Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Rumania, Slovakia, Thailand) from 1939 to 1945
RegionArdennesA wooded plateau in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France
SpanishLas Ardenas

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