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Actually Hitler´s logic seems rather weak here : sending men to the western front ( Ardennes ) and Hungary instead of putting them in front of Berlin...The main strike by Red army to the Czech and not Berlin?? No wonder Guderian was quite p****d off.
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In fact, the decision for the Battle of the Bulge is one of the most idiotic decisions of the whole war! Hitler wanted to assert a fatal blow to one of the three Allies. He respected the British and knew the Red Army was too powerful at that stage, so he chose the 'rookie' Yanks. However, instead of choosing the exhausted Soviets or British, he chose to attack the Allied Army with best healing and recovery systems, which was relatively fresh and in a stable state of growing. So, Germany threw her last blow against the enemy that could resist the blow better and soon overcome it and even gain strenght.
Also, the strategic consideration for the offensive was that a Soviet winter offensive was not likely! This means you're betting on the Red Army (which had launched massive winter offensives in 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944 and massive summer offensives in 1943 and 1944), some 3 million men strong, within sight of Berlin, would not attack your most vulnerable flank.
