What effect did the battle have on the battle of the bulge in europe?

The Battle of the Bulge weakened the Germans, mostly armored divisions and aircraft, (last high scale offensive on western front). Bad timing on Herr Hitler's part, as reinforcements could not arrive due to snow. And Allied forces wouldn't give up. When asked to surrender, the American general McAuliffe replied, "Us surrender? Aw, nuts!" and wrote to the Germans, "To the German commander: Nuts!" (surprisingly, Germans didn't know what that meant)

posted by a world-war-history-loving seventh grader (can tell you all about WWI and WWII)