Mission Command Brief

The Battle of The Bulge

GEN Patton

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29 May 2018

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 Introduction

Battle Overview

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 Battle of The Bulge

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 0 10 miles

0 20 km 5th
34th 78th 272nd
Landmarks German Army
1. Army 326th
43rd (Hodges) 9th (Hitler/Model)
12th
2nd
B/9
53rd 99th 277th 6. Panzer Army
(Dietrich)
12th 150th

PEIP
1st
3rd

N
29th
106th 18th

1. Army REM
(Hodges)
62nd

116th
5. Panzer Army
(Manteuffel)
560th
R/9 28th
2nd

26th 26th LEHR

5th
7. Army
(Brandenburger)
352nd
276th
212th
Symbol guide
A/9

American Army & allies

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3. Army Leaders! 3. Army
(Eisenhower/Bradley/Montgomery) (Patton) UNCLASSIFIED (Patton) 4th
 Battle of The Bulge

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 83rd 33rd

0 10 miles 5th
51st 78th 272nd
34th
German Army
0 20 km 1. Army 326th
43rd 246th (Hitler/Model)
(Hodges) 9th
Landmarks
99th 277th
GD
53rd B/3
2nd 15. Army
1st 3rd
(Zangen)
30th
PEIP 12th
150th
3rd
1st

12th
82nd 9th 6. Panzer Army
2nd 7th (Dietrich)
R/3
3rd
3rd
75th
B/9
N
29th 18th
2nd
84th 560th
62nd
A/3
116th FBB
2nd
5. Panzer Army
6th (Manteuffel)
LEHR
167th
9th

11th 26th
17th
R/9 11th
101st
B/10

7. Army
15th 9th (Brandenburger)

FGB 79th
5th
Symbol guide 352nd
28th 26th 276th
4th
American Army & allies 212th
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10th
(Eisenhower/Bradley/Montgomery) UNCLASSIFIED(Patton)
A/9
5th
 Battle of The Bulge

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0 10 miles

0 20 km 5th
78th 272nd
Landmarks German Army
1. Army
(Hodges) 9th (Hitler/Model)
51st
7th
99th 277th
GD
2nd
1st 246th
15. Army
30th (Zangen)
3rd 89th

18th
82nd
75th 62nd
83rd
326th
3rd
N 2nd 12th 6. Panzer Army
(Dietrich)
84th
560th
53rd 5. Panzer Army
2nd (Manteuffel)
33rd 116th

2nd 5. Panzer Army

(Manteuffel)
6th 26th
9th
9th 340th
15th
29th 12th
101st 11th
LEHR
FBB
167th
3rd
6th 1st 7. Army
87th 17th 9th FGB (Brandenburger)
11th 5th 79th 276th
352nd
35th 212th
28th 4th 26th
Symbol guide 80th
5th
American Army & allies 4th
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 Battle of The Bulge

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 Conclusion

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 Questions?

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 Resources
• Barron, Leo. Patton at The Battle of The Bulge: how the general’s tanks
turned the tide at Bastogne. New York: Penguin Group, November 2014.
• Blumenson, Martin. The Patton Papers: 1940-1945. Boston: Houghton,
1974.
• D’Este, Carlo. Patton: A Genius for War. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers: 1995.
• Essame, Hubert. Patton: A Study in Command. New York: Charles
Scribner’s Sons: 1974.
• Rickard, John Nelson, Advance and Destroy: Patton as Commander in The
Bulge. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2011.
• http://www.theartofbattle.com/battle-of-the-bulge-1944-1945/

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