![]() Flying weather was poor and there was a chance that the Allies now could regroup for a concerted counterattack both north and south without these troop movements being discovered from the air. On the 20th General Strong, the SHAEF chief of intelligence, advised General Eisenhower that it looked as if the German command had committed everything it had to the offensive. To gain time and save troops the Supreme Commander was willing to let the Allied forces fall back as far as necessary-although it was tacitly understood that the Meuse River must be the limit for any withdrawal. Nonetheless a few momentous, nerve-shaking days had to elapse before the first gun of the counterattack could be fired. The Verdun meeting on 19 December set in chain the first of a series of actions which the Allies would take to wrest the initiative from the enemy. The III Corps' Counterattack Toward Bastogne ![]() Chapter 21-THE ARDENNES: BATTLE OF THE BULGE
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