ZONA PERANG (zonaperang.com) December 16, 1944 – 200,000 German troops backed by 1,600 guns and 350 tanks launch Hitler’s last-ditch Ardennes Offensive in Western Front during World War II(region between Belgium and Luxembourg. 89,000 Americans become casualties in the Battle of the Bulge, making it the single bloodiest U.S. campaign of WW2.