The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Bulge , also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive Attack , was the last major German offensive campaign Military_operation on the Western Front during World War Military_operation II , and took place Process_start from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945 .

It was launched Process_start through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium , northeast France , and Luxembourg , towards the end of the war Military_operation in Europe .

The operation involved Cause_to_be_included many German units withdrawn Escaping from the failed Ardennes Offensive on the Western Front , including the 6th Panzer Army and its subordinate Waffen-SS divisions .

Three of their panzer corps attacked Attack through the Ardennes and drove Motion northwest to the English Channel .