The book also studies the actions of six individuals who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, their nation's highest bravery award.
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.
The Ardennes Battlefields includes details of what can be seen on the ground today--hardware, memorials, museums, and cemeteries--using a mixture of media to provide an overview of the campaign: maps old and new highlight what has survived ...
Never before in the history of the world had there been such cataclysmic destruction until World War II. The entire face of the earth changed, as millions died and entire cities were razed to rubble.
Tells the story of the F Company of the 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th US Airborne Division.
America's little-known heroes, an epic story of courage and survival in World War Two and one of the most inspiring stories in American military history.
There were many sub plots and side issues - such as the race to get to the "V" weapon sites before they could destroy London, or the way that the American army took the Remagen Bridge in the nick of time to cross the Rhine - and the whole ...
"On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly in the path of the main thrust of Hitler's massive Ardennes offensive.
"In this book, ... Walden provides the most detailed look at the actions of a single German battalion in the Battle of the Bulge.
This work tells the story of Germany's last great offensive, the desperate struggle which broke the German armies and contributed decisively to the end of the war.