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After the successful amphibious invasion on DDay in June 1944 the Allies began racing east toward Germany and liberating France along the way It was Hitlers belief that by splitting the Allied march across Europe in their drive toward Germany he could cause the collapse of the enemy armies and cut off their supply lines Part of Hitlers confidence came as a result of underestimating American resolve but with the Soviets racing toward Berlin from the east this final offensive would truly be the last gasp of the German war machine and the month long campaign was fought over a large area of the Ardennes Forest through France Belgium and parts of Luxembourg From an Allied point of view the operations were commonly referred to as the Ardennes Offensive while the German code phrase for the operation was Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein Operation Watch on the Rhine with the initial breakout going under the name of Operation Mist Today Americans know it best as the Battle of the Bulge