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Author
Series
World War II novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
After the success at Normandy, the Allied commanders are confident that the war in Europe will soon be over. But in December 1944, in the Ardennes Forest, the Germans launch a ruthless counteroffensive that begins the Battle of the Bulge. The Führer will spare nothing to preserve his twisted vision of a “Thousand Year Reich,” but stout American resistance defeats the German thrust. No Less Than Victory is a riveting...
Author
Series
Campaign volume 115
Publisher
Osprey
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Language
English
10) The bitter woods
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
©1995
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Physical Desc
506 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
11) Battleground
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (118 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows a group of soldiers through the Battle of the Bulge.
Author
Publisher
NAL Caliber
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xv, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the battle of Christmas morning, 1944, when a small group of American soldiers fought to defend Bastogne, a Belgian town that was key in Hitler's plan to alter the trajectory of the war.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West. Launched in the depths of winter to neutralize the overwhelming Allied air superiority, three German armies attacked through the Ardennes, the weakest part of the American lines, with the aim of splitting the Allied armies and seizing the vital port of Antwerp within a week. It was a tall order, as the Panzers had to get across the Our, Amblève, Ourthe and Meuse rivers, and...
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is five days after D-Day. The majority of the American army believes that the German army is broken and in disarray. The Germans, however, feel differently and launch a massive attack on the Allied troops in the hopes that ground action will buy enough time to bring in their new jets.
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