Captured German Film shows their side of The Battle of the Bulge. It was made to motivate US audiences to not get complacent. December 16, 1944 was a dark day for the American Army in Europe. This was the day the Germans launched a massive attack in the Ardennes Forest, catching Eisenhower’s troops by surprise and teaching the Americans a bitter lesson. Aided by one of the coldest, snowiest weather periods “in memory,” the Germans gave the American defenders bloody nose in the initial stages of the Battle of the Bulge. In one day, along a 45 mile front, the Germans threw the American divisions defending Belgium and Luxembourg into chaos. This film shows captured German footage of this daring Nazi attack that aimed at nothing less than creating a turning point in the war. This film shows the enemy is always dangerous and that the cost of the fighting was high — over 81,000 American casualties, including 23,554 captured and 19,000 killed. The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 — 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive of the war and resulted in a German defeat. For the first ten days, however, it was a near run thing. The courage and tenacity of the American soldier was tested in this difficult battle and the American GI was not found wanting. The footage of this film, which is largely from captured German film, is dramatic and riveting. The narration is aimed at the audiences of American theaters in 1945. The intent is to keep them motivated by showing the sacrifice of their soldiers at the front. The combination of graphic images and the steel in the narrator’s voice as he talks about the men on the lines is worth experiencing. Remember the Ardennes’s Forest. COL(R) Antal