GAMING THE BULGE: The Battle of the Bulge began December 16, 1944. The latest StrategyTalk features a discussion of Jim Dunnigan’s classic operational simulation of the battle. “Bulge.” Jim and I also discuss the background to the German attack and lessons learned.

RELATED: A few photos from the Bulge archive. 1: An M-36 Jackson heads for the front. 2: Americans improvise snow camouflage. 3: Snow covered Shermans at St. Vith. 4: Exhausted engineers in the woods near Wiltz. 5: American soldiers in the snow — without winter camouflage. 6: German grenadiers in woods in Luxembourg. This last photo was taken December 22, 1944.