Timeline Saturday 16 December 1944

Events on Saturday 16 December 1944 3

• 1944 Battle of the Bulge Liberation and a last German push Liberated in 1944, Luxembourg is then caught in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany's final western offensive, before final freedom in early 1945.
• 1944 Battle of the Bulge Germany's last major offensive in the West Germany launched its final major offensive on the Western Front on December 16, 1944, catching the Allies by surprise in the Ardennes forest. The US 101st Airborne held Bastogne. The German offensive was repulsed by January.
• 1944 German Ardennes offensive launched Start of the Battle of the Bulge Germany launched a surprise offensive through the forested Ardennes region against thinly held American lines, aiming to split the Allies and capture Antwerp. The attack created a deep salient in the Allied front. It became the largest and bloodiest battle fought by the United States in the Second World War.