n Normandy. Later that year, General OmarBradley gave Patton command of the Allied Third Army with which he pushes acrossWestern Europe to stop the Germans at the Battle of the Bulge. Bradley andMontgomery sent their army groups north and east across the Seine on August 25.Montgomery's troops seized Antwerp on September 3, and the first American patrolscrossed the German border on September 11. Gasoline and ammunition were limitedand were being brought from French ports on the channel coast over 500 miles of roadsand railroads. The Battle of the Bulge was extremely important in winning the war. OnJuly 25, Bradley began the attack. Montgomery took over the British Second Army andthe Canadian First Army. Bradley took over command of the Twelfth Army Group whichconsisted of the U.S. First and Third armies under General Courtney H. Hodges andGeneral George S. Patton. Following the Normandy invasion in June of 1944, Alliedforces went through France but became delayed along the German border in September.On December 16, the Germans began a counteroffensive through the Ardennes countryand advanced 31 miles into Belgium and Luxembourg. They created a bulge in theAllied lines, but their advance was stopped near the Meuse in late December. TheAmericans put up a strong opposition and were able to hold Saint-Vith and Bastogne.The Germans managed to avoid being cut off by the Allies and withdrew in January. Itwas not until the end of January that the last of the 50 mile bulge in the Allied lines wasremoved. On the day that Patton's Third Army had taken the German city of Trier,Bradley sent orders not to try to capture it. The movie shows Patton sending him amessage saying that he already had captured it and asking if they wanted him to give itback.In early March, the armies moved up to the Rhine. The bridges were downeverywhere. By March 24, Montgomery sent members of the British Second Army andthe U.S. Ninth Army across the river. The U...
