Talk:Battle of the Bulge
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10th Armored Division?
If I'm not mistaken, I recall the fact that the 10th Armored Division played a major part of the BotB, yet the 10th Armored isn't even listed in the "Initial German Assault" section. I recall that a large part of them were already in Bastogne before even the 101st Airborne Division. If I am incorrect, please let me know. Thanks! Sergeantwade011 (talk) 16:09, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2024
Script error: No such module "protected edit request". In the section 'German forces held up', there is a line which reads: "This created a bottleneck in the German advance. Kampfgruppe Peiper did not begin his advance until nearly 16:00". I believe it should instead read: "This created a bottleneck in the German advance. Kampfgruppe Peiper did not begin its advance until nearly 16:00". This is a minor grammatical correction. Megalonychidae (talk) 18:01, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Infobox contradiction
At least twice in the article it states that the Battle of the Bulge ended on January 25, 1945. WHY does the Infobox say January 28? How can such an obvious contradiction be justified? Rontrigger (talk) 22:21, 21 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2025
Script error: No such module "protected edit request". In the paragraph below “the Bulge” map at the beginning of the article, no comma is needed after the word “defenders” in the sentence “This congestion and terrain that favored the defenders, threw the German advance behind schedule and allowed the Allies to reinforce the thinly placed troops.” Zallison09 (talk) 02:28, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 15 June 2025
Script error: No such module "protected edit request". In the last paragraph of the introduction, it says that "The "Bulge" was the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the United States in World War II[20][21][22] and the third-deadliest campaign in American history." The "third-deadliest campaign" part links to another Wikipedia page which has a list of military campaigns and associated fatalities. It seems that, on that list, the Battle of the Bulge actually places sixth.
Therefore suggestion is: "the third-deadliest campaign in American history" --> "the sixth-deadliest campaign in American history." Gandalfthegreyest (talk) 03:23, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
- Template:Partly done: I've never been a fan of "ranking" lists of casualties that almost always conflict with other lists. In this case, the claim was unsourced (which is generally fine in the lead – unless the claim could be contentious which I think this one could – but anyway it would still have to be sourced in the body and this does not appear to be). Also, the claim in the List of battles with most United States military fatalities article is sourced to a book about an Air Force mission during the Vietnam War, which I'm not sure is reliable for WWII casualty counts. All that considered, rather than change to "sixth-deadliest" I just removed the claim as unsourced. Not opposed to it being added back with reliable sourcing. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 15:51, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
- Agree to delete. It is not easy to define the start and finish of a "campaign". Surely the entire battle of Normandy was a campaign? Or perhaps, was the entire liberation of France a campaign? Were the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands two separate campaigns, or all part of one big campaign? Rather leave this out entirely. Wdford (talk) 11:33, 18 June 2025 (UTC)