Which World War II battle in Europe was the largest that the U.S. fought?

Question

World War Two Battles

Answer 1

D-Day (the invasion of Normandy, France)

Answer 2

D-DAY June 6, 1944.

Answer 3

The Ardennes Offensive (sometimes called the Battle of the Bulge) saw more US divisions involved than any other specific battle of the war.  D-day was nearly as impressive, but if you are only focusing on the Americans (as opposed to the Allies), there were five divisions involved in D-day (2 airborne and three infantry).  The Battle of the bulge employed 30 divisions from the US army, plus a wide variety of support battalions and independent regiments.

Answer 4

Normandy

Answer 5

The Hurtgen Forest of the Belgian / German border (Sept 19th 1944 - Feb 10th 1945) sadly largely forgotten these days cost the U.S. 32,000 lives.

The Battle of the Bulge should be correctly addressed as the Ardennes offensive, the Bulge was a term coined because it bulged the line into 'liberated' territory.

Answer 6

D-Day

Answer 7

I'm going to go a little against the flow here and say Battle of the Bulge.  The Battle of Normandy lasted from June 6, 1944 through to roughly July 24th 1944, or about 48 days.  Battle of the Bulge took place from Dec 16, 1944 through to Jan 25, 1945, or about 40 days.  The total US troop commitment to Normandy numbered approx 800,000.  A goodly number of those troops however were rear echelon (supply/transport/other support) troops who didn't see direct combat.  The Battle of the Bulge involved about 600,000 US troops.  A lesser number, but, given that US forces were surrounded and in danger of being annihilated, every able bodied soldier, be he a cook/supply man/pay clerk or whatever was put on the line with a weapon.   For this reason, I'd say that the US had more troops directly involved in the fighting at the Battle of the Bulge than they did at Normandy.

Answer 8

battle of the bulge

Answer 9

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest battle in U.S. history and probably the bloodiest. The U.S. had more than double the number of casualties and fatalities than Gettysburg. The only problem is that splitting WWII into "battles" is not as clear cut as the Civil War. In the traditional sense the Bulge is hardly one battle.

The above statistic of 32,000 for the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest is total casualties (killed, wounded, captured, missing). The US had more casualties in other battles, including the Battle of the Bulge (over 80,000).

Answer 10

The Battle of the Bulge, 1944. Also included the largest American surrender of troops in history.

Answer 11

The Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes was the Largest battle the U.S fought, the Germans objective was to split the Allies in half by capturing the port of Antwerp. The battle also saw the largest amount of U.S soldiers killed than in any other engagement in ww2. It was also famous for Gen. Anthony McCauliffe's response of NUTS to the German commander's question of surrender.