Buy this book on-line de LEE, NIGEL: : Voices from the BATTLE OF THE BULGEUK.NEWTON ABBOT,DEVON.DAVID & CHARLES,2004. ISBN 0715319205.
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inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, clean,colour photographic illustrated upper wrap; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top +fore-edges bright,crisp and clean,contents bright,tight and pristine.Unblemished, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate red endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,8-288pp [paginated] includes foreword,9 chapters,contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book,glossary,chronology,acknowledgements, index of contributors,a general index,plus [unpaginated] half-title page verso of which a contemporary b/w photographic frntis,title page,contents list,and a double-page b/w map (Ardennes Campaign,Dec 1944 - Jan 1945).
The Battle of the Bulge was Hitler's last
throw of the dice,his final chance to turn
back the Allied invasion of occupied Europe.His plan was to use the severe winter conditions of the Ardennes to ground the allied airforce and push two Panzer armies through the vital supply port of Antwerp.This move,he hoped,would be fatal to the Allies and force them back into the Channel.He was confounded.
For the US Army,this was the largest land battle of WW2,involving 500,000 Americans, 600,000 German troops and 55,000 British. An atmosphere of fear and suspicion prevailed; communications were cut, massacres reported and German Special
Forces in enemy uniforms infiltrated the Allied ranks.In just over a month of fighting both sides suffered immense losses - around 80,000 each.With them went
Hitler's chance of saving both himself and
the Third Reich.Here are the personal experiences of military planners,soldiers, generals,and civilians,recorded in contemporary letters,diaries,army reports and recorded interviews; a unique insight into a decisive turning point on the road to victory.
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