World War II is viewed as one of the largest and most catastrophic conflicts in human history. Under the reign of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, the Nazi party and German Army made an attempt to spread his ideology throughout Europe. Beginning with the German invasion into Poland, the World found itself at war. The United Kingdom alongside France and the United States would make an attempt to stop Hitler and contain the German attempt of capturing a vast portion of Europe. As the war kicked off Germany, Japan, and Benito Mussolini, an Italian Fascist Party leader, formed what was known as the “Axis Powers.” The Soviet Union led by Joseph Stalin, the United States led by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Kingdom under Winston Churchill fought Nazi Germany and the Axis as the “Allied Powers.” Several battles within World War II stand out as key victories or decisive points for the Allies in defeating the Axis however, …show more content…
The 101st Airborne Division would call on the allied artillery at Bastogne to provide fire support into its nearby boundaries even though this often caused the guns to make shifts of firing azimuths of 3200 mils or greater (Fredrick, 2002). Making shifts in azimuths this great in a timely manner while still maintaining effective fires would prove difficult for many cannon systems even in today’s military. In addition, the 101st Airborne Division would assist the 6th Armored Division with massing fires on the Germans. It would appear that despite every possible attempt at a successful penetration of the Bastogne Bulge the Germans would be unsuccessful. According the accounts by Bruce Frederick (Fredrick, 2002), the Germans eventually began firing captured and left behind U.S. Army artillery rounds in an attempt to fool the allied maneuver forces that their own artillery batteries were firing on their