Their forces consisted of three armies and several Panzer tank divisions. They were the
15 th Army, the 7 th Army, General Sepp Dietrich’s 6 th Army, and the chief Panzer division was
General von Manteuffel’s 7 th Panzer division. An interesting component of the German’s army was that they used soldiers, who were fluent in English and knew American slang, and distributed them behind the Allied lines, equipped with American uniforms and Jeeps, in order to disrupt and confuse their enemies (Battle of the Bulge, History Learning Site).

As for the Americans, their plan was to form a line and concentrate their soldiers to the northern and southern ends, as they thought this was the least likely area for an attack. Instead, they thought the most …show more content…
They deployed an army of roughly 600,000 American troops and 55,000 British soldiers
(Battle of the Bulge, HistoryNet). They consisted of six major armies and several other divisions.
They were General Simpson’s 9 th Army, General Hodges 1 st Army, which was stationed in the north, and General Patton’s 3 rd Army, which was in the south. They also had General Middleton, who was in command of the 8 th Army, 106 th and 26 th Infantry Divisions, and the 4 th and 9 th
Armored Divisions. Another division that played arguably the most critical role in the battle of the 101 st Airborne Division, or Easy Company which is what its more commonly known as.

The success of the German’s assault depended on three things. First, was they needed to quickly and concisely complete the operation. Their attack depended heavily on surprise and catching the Americans off guard. Second, as the Germans were dangerously low on fuel, they needed to capture Allied fueling stations so they could complete their campaign. Their lack of fuel was their biggest problem and ended up being the thorn in their foot throughout the