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The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble
Patrick Delaforce
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Description for The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble
Hardcover. Published to coincides with 70th Anniversary of Hitler's Winter Offensive. The book describes how close the Nazis came to seizing the vital port of Antwerp and cutting off the British and Canadian 21 Army Group. Num Pages: 376 pages, Integrated B & W photos. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 1DDF; 1DDL; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 960.
By late 1944 the Allies were poised to smash the Siegfried Line and break into Germany. Supply lines were shorter thanks to the port of Antwerp. Arnhem aside, there had been a long run of victories and there was no intelligence even from ULTRA to suggest a German counter-offensive. So the major December attack through the mountainous Ardennes by massed Panzers and infantry took the Allies totally by surprise. Fog and low cloud negated the Allies' air supremacy, English-speaking German commandos in captured jeeps created panic and withdrawal of US forces became a near rout with morale ... Read more
By late 1944 the Allies were poised to smash the Siegfried Line and break into Germany. Supply lines were shorter thanks to the port of Antwerp. Arnhem aside, there had been a long run of victories and there was no intelligence even from ULTRA to suggest a German counter-offensive. So the major December attack through the mountainous Ardennes by massed Panzers and infantry took the Allies totally by surprise. Fog and low cloud negated the Allies' air supremacy, English-speaking German commandos in captured jeeps created panic and withdrawal of US forces became a near rout with morale ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pen & Sword Military
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783463596
SKU
V9781783463596
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Ref
99-14
About Patrick Delaforce
Patrick Delaforce fought as a troop leader during this period. He is the author of over twenty books, many in print with P & S. He lives in Brighton.
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