Editing Battle of the Bulge (section)

==Force comparisons by date==
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! scope="row" style="text-align: right;" | Force
! scope="col" colspan="4" style="background: #E6EEFF;" | Allied{{sfn|Dupuy|Bongard|Anderson|1994|loc=appendices E, F}}
! scope="col" colspan="4" style="background: #FFE6E6;" | Axis{{sfn|Dupuy|Bongard|Anderson|1994|p=18}}
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! scope="row" style="text-align: right;" | Date
! scope="col" style="background: #E6EEFF;" | {{Date table sorting|16 December 1944|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #E6EEFF;" | {{Date table sorting|24 December 1944|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #E6EEFF;" | {{Date table sorting|  2 January 1945|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #E6EEFF;" | {{Date table sorting| 16 January 1945|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #FFE6E6;" | {{Date table sorting|16 December 1944|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #FFE6E6;" | {{Date table sorting|24 December 1944|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #FFE6E6;" | {{Date table sorting|  2 January 1945|abbr=on|format=dm}}
! scope="col" style="background: #FFE6E6;" | {{Date table sorting| 16 January 1945|abbr=on|format=dm}}
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! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Men
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 228,741
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | ~541,000
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | ~705,000
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 700,520
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 406,342
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | ~449,000
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | ~401,000
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 383,016
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Tanks
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 483
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1,616
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2,409
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2,428
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 557
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 423
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 287
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 216
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[Tank destroyer]]s<br>and [[assault gun]]s{{efn|For Allied forces, Dupuy counts light tanks with tank destroyers.}}
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 499
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1,713
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1,970
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1,912
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 667
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 608
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 462
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 414
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Other [[Armored fighting vehicle|AFVs]]
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1,921
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 5,352
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 7,769
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 7,079
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 1,261
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 1,496
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 1,090
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 907
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[Anti-tank gun|Anti-tank]] and<br>[[artillery]] pieces
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 971
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2,408
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 3,305
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 3,181
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 4,224
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 4,131
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 3,396
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 3,256
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Armored [[Division (military)|divisions]]
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 6
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 8
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 8
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 7
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 8
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 8
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 8
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Armored [[brigade]]s
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" |
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 1
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 2
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 1
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 3
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 3
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" |2
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Infantry divisions
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 6
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 15
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 22
| style="background: #E6EEFF;" | 22
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 13
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 16
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 15
| style="background: #FFE6E6;" | 16
|-
|}

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|+ Initial and Final manpower commitments for all units in Ardennes Campaign{{sfn|Dupuy|Bongard|Anderson|1994|loc=appendix E}}{{efn|"Initial" is the sum total of all unit rosters of the respective combatants at the point at which those units entered the battle, while "Final" reflects the state of those units on 16 January 1945. For the strength of the opposing sides at any one time, see table above.}}
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! scope="col" |
! scope="col" | American
! scope="col" | British
! scope="col" | German
|-
! scope="row" | Initial
| style="background-color: #E6EEFF;" | 687,498 || style="background-color: #d5ffaf;" | 111,904 || style="background-color: #FFE6E6;" | 498,622
|-
! scope="row" | Final
| style="background-color: #E6EEFF;" | 680,706 || style="background-color: #d5ffaf;" | 111,100 || style="background-color: #FFE6E6;" | 425,941
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