Eugene
Christ Almighty! Can you not do the math?
550k Americans vs 500k Germans total in the Battle of the Bulge.
75k American casualties vs 120k German casualties. Do you not see that the casualty ratio is proportionately in favor of the US?
The US suffered ~13% casualties versus ~24% for the Germans.
Yet, you use the "outgunned and outmatched" references for the US at the Bulge.
Mind you, please read what I posted about initial correlation of forces, where the Germans threw 200k troops against 80k American defenders. The American lines bent but did not break. In fact, American reinforcements, backed by skillfully deployed air and artillery assets quickly turned the tide and inflicted a devestating defeat upon the Wermacht.
Read the actual US Army reports I provided and then tell me that the US military did not fight well. On the contrary, the US Army fought supremely well, leveraging to maximum advantage all their assets...in sharp contrast to what the Wermacht faced against the Red Army.
The facts remain:
1) The Wermacht nearly always managed to inflict hugely disproportionate casualties, both in relative and absolute terms, against the Red Army...even when outnumbered.
2) The Wermacht could not over the long term inflict disproportionate casualties upon the Americans, both in relative and absolute terms...whether they were outnumbered or in the numerical advantage.
The Battle of the Bulge is the best case in point. The math stands.
As for Africa, I stand by what I originally posted and the accompanying figures:
But that was perhaps not so bleak a prospect when considered against enemy losses in Tunisia: nearly 200,000 battle casualties (an entire field army), 275,000 prisoners of war, tons of equipment and supplies, and the mortal wounding of Italy as an Axis partner.
With victory in Tunisia, the Allies had expelled Axis forces from North Africa and thereby taken a giant step toward victory in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The United States Army had contributed mightily toward that accomplishment. The victory in northwest Africa, however, did not come cheaply. Of 70,000 Allied casualties, the United States Army lost 2,715 dead, 8,978 wounded' and 6,528 missing. At the same time, however, the Army gained thousands of seasoned officers, noncommissioned officers, and troops whose experience would prove decisive in subsequent campaigns. These seasoned soldiers of all ranks would not have long to wait or far to go, for the next test was only two months and 150 miles away: the island of Sicily
Run the math in comparing your 100k German losses versus 2.7k + 9k + 6.5k American casualties. Also, keep it all in context...the Germans ultimately were crushed and lost decisively to a superior foe...especially as the US Army got better and better, Africa being a proving ground for us.
