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Battle of the Bulge

Author : Andy Rawson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783460210
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by Andy Rawson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dramatic photographs of Nazi Germany’s shocking Ardennes Offensive that nearly turned the tide of World War II—from the author of In Pursuit of Hitler. Hitler’s desperate last throw during the depths of winter 1944/45 came perilously close to being a major disaster for the Allies. Their offensive through the Ardennes fell on the Americans and caught them totally by surprise. Unaccustomed to setbacks, the situation was for a time extremely serious and in some areas panic set in and events went out of control. It was only after the most bitter fighting and massive reinforcement that the rot was stopped. In this book the drama of those worrying weeks is captured in superb photographs.

Snow & Steel

Author : Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199335141
Total Pages : 929 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Snow & Steel written by Peter Caddick-Adams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new assessment of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest and bloodiest battle fought by U.S. forces in World War II, offers a balanced perspective that considers both the German and American viewpoints and discusses the failings of intelligence; Hitler's strategic grasp; effects of weather and influence of terrain; and differences in weaponry, understanding of aerial warfare, and doctrine.

The Ardennes, 1944-1945

Author : Christer Bergström
Publisher : Casemate / Vaktel Forlag
ISBN 13 : 161200315X
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book The Ardennes, 1944-1945 written by Christer Bergström and published by Casemate / Vaktel Forlag. This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, photo-filled account of the six-week-long Battle of the Bulge, when panzers slipped through the forest and took the Allies by surprise. In December 1944, just as World War II appeared to be winding down, Hitler shocked the world with a powerful German counteroffensive that cracked the center of the American front. The attack came through the Ardennes, the hilly and forested area in eastern Belgium and Luxembourg that the Allies had considered a “quiet” sector. Instead, for the second time in the war, the Germans used it as a stealthy avenue of approach for their panzers. Much of US First Army was overrun, and thousands of prisoners were taken as the Germans forged a fifty-mile “bulge” into the Allied front. But in one small town, Bastogne, American paratroopers, together with remnants of tank units, offered dogged resistance. Meanwhile, the rest of Eisenhower’s “broad front” strategy came to a halt as Patton, from the south, and Hodges, from the north, converged on the enemy incursion. Yet it would take an epic, six-week-long winter battle, the bloodiest in the history of the US Army, before the Germans were finally pushed back. Christer Bergström has interviewed veterans, gone through huge amounts of archive material, and performed on-the-spot research in the area. The result is a large amount of previously unpublished material and new findings, including reevaluations of tank and personnel casualties and the most accurate picture yet of what really transpired from the perspectives of both sides. With nearly four hundred photos, numerous maps, and thirty-two superb color profiles of combat vehicles and aircraft, it provides perhaps the most comprehensive look at the battle yet published.

Ardennes 1944

Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698411498
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (984 download)

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Download or read book Ardennes 1944 written by Antony Beevor and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new account On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his ‘last gamble’ in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and forcing the Canadians and the British out of the war. Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the prospect of striking back. The allies, taken by surprise, found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian civilians abandoned their homes, justifiably afraid of German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris. While some American soldiers, overwhelmed by the German onslaught, fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh winter conditions and the savagery of the battle became comparable to the Eastern Front. In fact the Ardennes became the Western Front’s counterpart to Stalingrad. There was terrible ferocity on both sides, driven by desperation and revenge, in which the normal rules of combat were breached. The Ardennes—involving more than a million men—would prove to be the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht. In this deeply researched work, with striking insights into the major players on both sides, Antony Beevor gives us the definitive account of the Ardennes offensive which was to become the greatest battle of World War II.

Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781803990514
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 written by Andrew Rawson and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December 1944 the German military made their final attempt to end the Second World War by throwing in all their reserves in a desperate attempt to shatter the Allied lines. After breaking through the American-held sector in the Ardennes, two Panzer armies headed for the bridges over the River Meuse. However, a combination of poor planning, bad weather, tortuous terrain and above all, the determined defense of keys towns and villages, such as Bastogne and St Vith, delayed the advance. The Allies were able to hold the northern and southern shoulders of the attack, hemming the Germans in. The Bulge had been created, and as the fortunes of battle were reversed, the Allies struck back. This book gives a clear, concise account of those dramatic days at the end of 1944, supported by a timeline of events and orders of battle. Over fifty photographs illustrate the events during this momentous campaign.

Panther vs Sherman

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184603776X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Panther vs Sherman written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Steven J Zaloga offers a fascinating comparison between the two most important tanks involved in the crucial fighting of 1944, the American Sherman and the German Panther. Placing the reader in the heart of this battle between quality and quantity Zaloga uses a compelling account of the ferocious fighting during the Battle of the Bulge to explain the successes and failures of each tank, highlighting the fact that a tank can only be as good as its crew, weighing up the impact of low morale, high cost and mediocre crew training on the Panther's superiority. With full-colour battlescenes, technical drawings, photographs, digital gunsight views, extracts from crew training manuals and real combat reports, this book brings the titanic battles between the Panther and Sherman to life.

Voices of the Bulge

Author : Michael Collins
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 1610602684
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Voices of the Bulge written by Michael Collins and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The powerful German counteroffensive operation code-named “Wacht am Rhein” (Watch on the Rhine) launched in the early morning hours of December 16, 1944, would result in the greatest single extended land battle of World War II. To most Americans, the fierce series of battles fought from December 1944 through January 1945 is better known as the “Battle of the Bulge.” Almost one million soldiers would eventually take part in the fighting. Different from other histories of the Bulge, this book tells the story of this crucial campaign with first-person stories taken from the authors’ interviews of the American soldiers, both officers and enlisted personnel, who faced the massive German onslaught that threatened to turn the tide of battle in Western Europe and successfully repelled the attack with their courage and blood. Also included are stories from German veterans of the battles, including SS soldiers, who were interviewed by the authors.

Battle

Author : John Toland
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803299680
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Battle written by John Toland and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The perspective of 15 years, painstaking research, thousands of interviews, extensive analysis and evaluation, and the creative talent of John Toland [paint] the epic struggle on an immense canvas. . . . Toland writes with the authority of a man who was there. . . . He tastes the bitterness of defeat of those who surrendered and writes as if he had the benefit of the eyes and ears of soldiers and generals on the other side of the line. . . . If you could read only one book to understand generals and GIs and what their different wars were like this is the book."--Chicago Sunday Tribune "The author has devoted years to studying memoirs, interviewing veterans and consulting military documents, both German and American. He also has revisited the old battlefields in Belgium and Luxembourg. . . . Toland has told the whole story with dramatic realism. . . . It is a story of panic, terror and of high-hearted courage."--New York Times Book Review "For the first time in the growing literature of World War II, the inspiring story of the stubborn, lonely, dogged battle of the Americans locked in this tragic salient is told. . . . gripping . . . You cannot put it down once you start it."--San Francisco Chronicle

Battle of the Bulge

Author : Tim McNeese
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0791074358
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by Tim McNeese and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts events leading up to and surrounding the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes, France, during World War II, as well as its long-lasting consequences.

Battle Story: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : Spellmount
ISBN 13 : 9780752462684
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book Battle Story: Battle of the Bulge 1944-45 written by Andrew Rawson and published by Spellmount. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battle Story

Snow and Steel

Author : Peter Caddick-Adams
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099588122
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Snow and Steel written by Peter Caddick-Adams and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2015-06-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Caddick-Adams is one of the leading military historians of his generation compared to James Holland, John Keegan, Anthony Beevor and Max Hastings. In this, his third book, he reviews one of the great final engagements of WW2: The Battle of the Bulge. Snow and Steel will be a huge reassessment of Hitler's last great throw of the dice: 'The Battle of the Bulge', the battle for the Ardennes 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. This is an utterly fascinating five weeks when for a time it looked like Hitler had outflanked the allied armies pushing toward the Rhine and might just throw them back to the Normandy beaches. It is also the context for the catastrophic events at Bastogne depicted so graphically in Band of Brothers. For military history fans this is one of those touchstone battles of the second world war, written by an author with a fast growing, world-wide reputation. Peter will use primary archival material and personal interviews to write a controversial, commercial, landmark book.

The Battle of the Bulge

Author : Wayne Vansant
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760346224
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Bulge written by Wayne Vansant and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of the Battle of the Bulge, fought in Ardennes, France, is captured in a graphic format.

Those who Hold Bastogne

Author : Peter Schrijvers
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300179022
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Those who Hold Bastogne written by Peter Schrijvers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new telling of the brutal siege of Bastogne, where vastly outnumbered American forces held off a savage German onslaught and sealed the fate of the Third Reich Hitler's last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded, and almost certainly would have, were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton's mighty Third Army. In this dramatic account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII. Schrijvers draws on diaries, memoirs, and other fresh sources to illuminate the experiences not only of Bastogne's 3,000 citizens and their American defenders, but also of German soldiers and commanders desperate for victory. The costs of war are here made real, uncovered in the stories of those who perished and those who emerged from battle to find the world forever changed.

Bazooka vs Panzer

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472812506
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Bazooka vs Panzer written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-17 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II saw tanks assume a dominant role in warfare, capable of tearing through the enemy lines if left unchecked. To combat the threat posed by these armoured behemoths the United States developed the M1 Anti-Tank Rocket Launcher, better known as the Bazooka. First employed in combat during 1942, the weapon required a great deal of skill and courage to use effectively. By late 1944 it was a mainstay of the US infantry's anti-tank capabilities, alongside towed weapons, anti-tank grenades and other longer-established measures. Focusing on the savage close-quarters fighting between Germany's armoured divisions and the US infantry during the Battle of the Bulge, Steven Zaloga's absorbing study compares and assesses the strengths and limitations of the cutting-edge technology used by both sides. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and explosive battle reports, this volume casts new light on the evolving nature of infantry-versus-tank combat in the closing months of World War II.

Battle of the Bulge

Author : Philip Michael Vorwald
Publisher : After the Battle
ISBN 13 : 9781870067232
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (672 download)

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Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by Philip Michael Vorwald and published by After the Battle. This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, The author retraces the fields of the battle in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany which were once bitterly contested killing grounds in the struggle to halt Hitler's final gambit in the West. The battle touched dozens of towns and villages throughout the Ardennes and each is depicted through the photographer's lens in 1944-45 and exactly 50 years later. Vorwald manages to precisely match the wartime photographs with present-day comparisons, and has striven in many cases to achieve a weather match.

The Battle of the Bulge

Author : John R. Bruning
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760341265
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Battle of the Bulge written by John R. Bruning and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover in 2009.

Battle of the Bulge

Author : Danny Parker
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306813917
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by Danny Parker and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1992 to rave reviews, Danny Parker's Battle of the Bulge has since become the "standard" history of the battle, praised by historians for its stirring narrative, meticulous research, and its wealth of new information and fresh interpretations. Published now in a new edition, including a photo section with fascinating then-and-now images of the Ardennes area battlefield, this "classic" history of the Battle of the Bulge will be released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the battle.