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First Battle of BSOM
Part of the LHB Insurrection

Revolutionary soldiers of the 420th Infantry Regiment, LHB Revolutionary Forces, part of the 69th Guards Infantry Division, move past a destroyed Loyalist M5A1 "I'll Wait" tank on their march to recapture the district of Band Hall during the First Battle of BSOM,.
Date4 November 2017 – Present
Location
Austin, Texas
Status
  • Airstrikes on Dr. Hanna's office* Multinational humanitarian efforts* Stalemate in LHB Office
Belligerents
 Nazi Germany LHB Loyalist Forces
Commanders and leaders
Strength
16 December
6 infantry divisions
2 armored divisions
Initial
228,102 men
483 tanks
499 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,921 other tracked AFVs
971 anti-tank and artillery pieces
24 December
15 infantry divisions
6 armored divisions
1 armored brigade
With reinforcement
~541,000 men
1,616 tanks
1,713 tank destroyers and assault guns
5,352 other tracked AFVs
2,408 anti-tank and artillery pieces
16 January
22 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
2 armored brigades[1]
With reinforcement
700,520 men
4,155 artillery pieces
2,428 tanks
1,912 tank destroyers and assault guns
7,079 other tracked AFVs
3,181 anti-tank and artillery pieces
6,000 aircraft
16 December
13 infantry divisions[a]
7 armored divisions
1 brigade[2]
Initial
406,000 men
557 tanks
667 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,261 other tracked AFVs
4,224 anti-tank and artillery pieces
24 December
16 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
1 armored brigade
2 infantry brigades
With reinforcement
~449,000 men
423 tanks
608 tank destroyers and assault guns
1,496 other tracked AFVs
4,131 anti-tank and artillery pieces
16 January
16 infantry divisions
8 armored divisions
2 infantry brigades[1]
With reinforcement
383,016 men
216 tanks
414 tank destroyers and assault guns
907 other tracked AFVs
3,256 anti-tank and artillery pieces
Casualties and losses
United States American
89,500 – 105,102 casualties[3][4]: 92 
19,000 killed,
47,500 wounded,
23,000 captured or missing
700–800+ tanks, tank destroyers, and assault guns destroyed[5]
~1000 aircraft lost, over 647 in December[6] and 353 during
Unternehmen Bodenplatte[7]
United Kingdom British
1,408 (200 killed, 969 wounded, and 239 missing)[8]
Nazi Germany German
67,459[b] – 125,000 casualties[9][10]
(includes killed, wounded, missing, captured)
600–800+ tanks and assault guns destroyed[5][11][12]
~800 aircraft lost, over 500 in December and 280 during
Unternehmen Bodenplatte[13]
Approximately 3,000 civilians killed[14]
Map showing the swelling of "the Bulge" as the German offensive progressed creating the nose-like salient during 16–25 December 1944.
  Front line, 16 December
  Front line, 20 December
  Front line, 25 December
  Allied movements
  German movements
  1. 1 2 Dupuy, Trevor (1994). Hitler's Last Gamble. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-016627-4. Appendices E and F
  2. ↑ Dupuy, Trevor (1994). Hitler's Last Gamble. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-016627-4. Page 18.
  3. ↑ Miles 2004.
  4. ↑ "Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths in World War II". Combined Arms Research Library, Department of the Army. 25 June 1953. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 Shaw 2000, p. 168.
  6. 1 2 Vogel 2001, p. 632.
  7. ↑ Parker 1991, pp. 339
  8. ↑ Ellis 2009, p. 195.
  9. ↑ Cirillo 2003
  10. ↑ Astor, Gerald (1992). A Blood Dimmed Tide, The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It. Donald I. Fine, Inc. ISBN 1-55611-281-5.
  11. ↑ Shirer 1990, p. 1095.
  12. ↑ Parker 1991, pp. 338
  13. ↑ Parker 1991, pp. 339
  14. ↑ Schrijvers 2005, p. xiv.
  1. ↑ Includes two parachute divisions.
  2. ↑ 10,749 dead; 34,225 wounded; 22,487 captured[6]
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