Operation Autumn Smoke: The Battle of the Bulge (75th Anniversary Special Presentation) Presented by Dr. Ed Gordon

After Field Marshall Montgomery’s MARKET GARDEN Operation turned into a major rout, the Allied armies ground to a halt along the German border due to a lack of supplies. In the fall/winter of 1944, the Germans launched a new offensive on the Western Front in a desperate gamble to turn the tide in the West. In a final forlorn throw of the strategic dice, Hitler mounted the Ardennes offensive. The Battle of the Bulge caught the Allies unprepared. In this special 75th anniversary presentation, historian Ed Gordon will examine many of the controversial events surrounding Germany’s last futile bid for victory and how the infighting among the Allied commanders had unfortunate consequences.

Presenter: Dr. Edward Gordon