Ndezvipi zvimwe zvinhu zvinokosha pamusoro peHondo yeArdennes?
Context:Hondo yeArdennes, inozivikanwawo seArdennes Offensive, ndiyo yaive yekupedzisira huru yeGerman yekurwisa mushandirapamwe kuWestern Front munguva yeHondo Yenyika II. Hondo iyi yakatora mavhiki mashanu kubva musi wa16 Zvita 1944 kusvika musi wa28 Ndira 1945, kusvika pakupera kwehondo muEurope. Yakatangwa nomunharaunda yeArdennes ine masango akawanda iri pakati peBelgium neLuxembourg. Yakafukidzwa neAlsace Offensive, yakazotevera Colmar Pocket, imwe nhevedzano yehondo dzakatangwa nemaGerman mukutsigira Ardennes.  Vavariro huru dzechiuto dzaive dzokuramba kushandiswa kweBelgian Port yeAntwerp kune maAllies uye kupatsanura mitsara yeAllied, iyo ingadai yakabvumira maGerman kukomberedza nekuparadza mauto mana eAllied. Mutongi weNazi Adolf Hitler, uyo kubvira muna December 1941 akanga atora kutungamirira zvakananga uto reGermany, aidavira kuti kuwana nharidzano idzi kwaizomanikidza maAllies okuMadokero kugamuchira chibvumirano chorugare mukufarira masimba eAxis. Panguva iyi, zvaive pachena kuti hutungamiri hwose hweGermany kusanganisira Hitler pachake kuti vakanga vasina tariro chaiyo yekudzivisa kupindirwa kweSoviet kweGermany kunze kwekunge Wehrmacht yakakwanisa kuisa huwandu hwemasimba ayo ose akasara kuEastern Front, izvo zvaiita kuti zvive pachena kuti hondo dzekuMadokero neItaly dzichapera. Hondo yeBulge inoramba iri pakati pehondo dzinokosha zvikuru dzehondo, sezvo yakaratidza kurwisa kukuru kwekupedzisira kwakaedzwa neAxis Powers kumadokero. Pashure pokukundwa kwavo, Germany yaizodzokera shure kwehondo yose yakanga yasara.  MaGermany akawana kurwisa kwakashamisa mangwanani aDecember 16, 1944, nekuda kwekubatanidzwa kweAllied overconfidence, kushushikana nezvirongwa zveAllied zvekurwisa, uye kusanzwisisika kwemhepo kunokonzerwa nemamiriro ekunze akaipa. Mauto eAmerica akatakura mutoro unorema wokurwiswa kwacho. MaGermany akarwisa chikamu chakanga chisina kudzivirirwa zvakanaka chemutsetse weAllied, achishandisa mamiriro okunze akanga akafukidzwa zvikuru ayo akaita kuti mauto emhepo epamusoro eAllies arambe ari pasi. Kuramba kwakasimba kweAmerica kuchamhembe kwokurwisa, kumativi eElsenborn Ridge, uye kumaodzanyemba, kumativi eBastogne, kwakavharira maGermany kupinda mumigwagwa inokosha yokuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero uye kumadokero kwavaivimba nayo kuti vabudirire. Mapoka evarwi vakapakata zvombo nevapfuuri vehondo vaifanira kufambira mberi nenzira dzakafanana vakazviwana vari mumigwagwa imwe cheteyo. Uku kuwanda kwevanhu, uye nzvimbo yacho yaifadza vadziviriri, zvakatadzisa maGermany kufambira mberi uye zvakabvumira maAllies kusimbisa mauto akanga asina kukwana.  Kumadokero kwakanyanya kurwisa kwakasvika kwaiva musha weFoy-Nôtre-Dame, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweDinant, ichimiswa neU.S. 2nd Armored Division musi wa 24 December 1944. Mamiriro ekunze akavandudzwa kubva panenge musi wa24 Zvita akabvumira kurwiswa kwemhepo pamauto eGerman nemitsetse yekugovera, iyo yakavhara kukundikana kwekurwisa. Musi waDecember 26, mauto aPatton eU.S. Third Army akasvika kuBastogne achibva kumaodzanyemba, achigumisa kukombwa kwacho. Kunyangwe hazvo kurwisa kwacho kwakaputsika musi wa 27 Zvita, apo zvikamu zvakabatwa zve 2nd Panzer Division zvakaedza kaviri kupukunyuka nekubudirira chete, kurwa kwakaramba kuchienderera kwemwedzi mumwe pamberi pemutsara wepamberi usati wadzoserwa kunzvimbo yawaive pamberi pekurwiswa. Mukumuka kwekukundwa, mauto mazhinji echiGermany akanga asisina varume nemidziyo, uye vakapona vakadzokera kuSiegfried Line.  Kurwisa kwokutanga kwevaGermany kwaisanganisira varume vanenge 410 000; matangi anopfuura 1 400, zvombo zvinoparadza matangi, uye pfuti dzokurwa; zvombo zvehondo zvehondo 2 600; uye ndege dzehondo dzinopfuura 1 000, pamwe chete nenhamba huru yemamwe motokari dzehondo dzakapfeka zvombo. Izvi zvakasimbiswa masvondo mashomanana gare gare, zvichiunza simba rose rekurwisa kune vanenge 450,000 mauto, uye 1,500 matangi uye pfuti dzekurwisa. Pakati pe63 222 ne103 900 pavarume ava vakaurawa, vakashaika, vakakuvadzwa muhondo, kana kuti kubatwa. Hondo yacho yakaderedza zvikuru mauto eGermany, ayo akaramba asina kutsiviwa munguva yose yehondo. Vanhu veGerman Luftwaffe, uye gare gare ndege dzeLuftwaffe (mumatanho ekupedzisira ekubatanidzwa) vakatamburawo kurasikirwa kukuru.  Pakati pesimba rapamusoro ravaAmerica ravarwi 610.000 pakanga pane vanokuvadzwa muhondo 75 500, kubatanidza vanenge 8.400 vakaurawa. Hondo ye"Bulge" ndiyo yaiva hondo yakakura uye yakaurayisa vanhu vakawanda yakarwa neUnited States muHondo Yenyika II uye yaiva yechitatu pakurwisa vanhu vakawanda zvikuru munhoroondo yeAmerica.
• Hondo yeArdennes, inozivikanwawo seArdennes Offensive, yaiva hondo huru yokupedzisira yeGermany yokurwisa kuWestern Front muHondo Yenyika II. • Hondo yacho yakatora vhiki shanu kubva musi wa16 December 1944 kusvika musi wa28 January 1945, pedyo nomugumo wehondo muEurope. • Vavariro huru dzechiuto dzaiva dzokuramba kushandiswa kweBelgian Port yeAntwerp kune maAllies uye kupatsanura mitsara yeAllied, iyo ingadai yakabvumira maGerman kukomberedza nekuparadza mauto mana eAllied. • MaGermany akawana kurwisa kwakashamisa mangwanani aDecember 16, 1944, nemhaka yekubatanidzwa kweAllied overconfidence, kushushikana nezvirongwa zveAllied zvekurwisa, uye kuongorora kwakashata kwemhepo nekuda kwemamiriro ekunze akaipa. • Kumadokero kwakanyanyisa kurwisa kwakasvika kwaiva musha weFoy-Nôtre-Dame, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweDinant, ichimiswa neU.S. 2nd Armored Division musi wa24 December 1944. • Musi waDecember 26, mauto aPatton eU.S. Third Army akasvika kuBastogne achibva kumaodzanyemba, achigumisa kukombwa kwacho. • Hondo yacho yakaderedza zvikuru mauto eGermany akapfeka zvombo, ayo akaramba asina kutsiviwa munguva yose yehondo. • Hondo ye"Bulge" ndiyo yaiva hondo yakakura kupfuura dzose uye yakaurayisa vanhu vakawanda zvikuru yakarwiwa neUnited States muHondo Yenyika II uye yaiva yechitatu pakurwisa vanhu vakawanda zvikuru munhoroondo yeAmerica.