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During the final months of World War II the Allies, commanded by United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, were on the offensive and were pushing deep into German territory. The Germans had suffered catastrophic losses of troops and equipment in the five years of war. They needed to make a stand if they wanted any chance of winning the war. Hitler discussed his strategy for attack with his top generals. While they agreed that they must capture the city of Antwerp, a major Allied supply hub, in order to deal a devastating blow to the Allied Forces, they disagreed with Hitler’s plan to assault through the heavily wooded area of Ardennes. Furthermore, the plan was to attack under the protection of poor weather to mitigate the use of Allied airpower, which was a major Allie advantage. Hitler believed that a complex assault would catch Allied commanders off-guard causing them to be slow to act. With a “an average of 73 men per mile,” the Allied lines were spread very thin in the Ardennes. Moreover, that specific area was used for training new units and for allowing battle-tested, experienced units to …show more content…
Surprise delays enemy reactions, overloads and confuses enemy decision makers and command and control systems, induces psychological shock in enemy soldiers and leaders, and reduces the coherence of the enemy defense.
In essence, surprise is catching the enemy off-guard in order to gain the upper hand during a conflict. The Germans executed surprise flawlessly, the Allies had no idea that there was going to be an attack nor did they foresee the incredible size of the impending German assault. For ten days the Germans capitalized on the momentum of their surprise and pushed the Allies back but once their momentum dwindled it took the Allies almost triple the amount of time to regain their initial positions and decimate German

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