The Hotton Report

On the morning of December 16, 1944, a quarter-million German troops stormed a thinly defended American line and crossed into the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, marking the beginning of what was soon known as the Battle of the Bulge. When it was over six weeks later, America had suffered 76,000 casualties, including more than 20,000 dead. German losses were estimated at more than 100,000.
The Allied Expeditionary Forces under General Dwight D. Eisenhower were caught sleeping by...