A Look At The Tanks Involved In The Battle Of The Bulge The Allied invasion of Europe in June of 1944 saw troops embark on a campaign aimed at the very heart of Germany. The dense hedgerows of Normandy took longer to fight through than expected. Still, by late summer of 1944, Allied trips had captured Paris and were racing toward the French-German border. When Operation Market Garden, an abortive autumn invasion of the Netherlands, failed to kick open Nazi Germany's back door, it became clear the war would not be over by Christmas. By the middle of December 1944,...