Overview

Most accounts of the Battle of the Bulge focus on the center, where the 101st Airborne held Bastogne, but the Germans' main thrust actually occurred to the north, where Sepp Dietrich's 6th SS Panzer Army stormed through the Losheim Gap on its way to Liege and Antwerp. In this region of thick forests, snowy fields, and muddy trails during the battle's first week in December 1944, U.S. troops from the 2nd and 99th Infantry Divisions successfully halted the best of the German war machine, including the 12th SS Panzer and the 3rd Fallschirmjager Divisions.

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Author:   Hans Wijers
Publisher:   Stackpole Books
Imprint:   Stackpole Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.676kg
ISBN:  

9780811735926

ISBN 10:   0811735923
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   21 October 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

BOOK ONE: The Losheim Gap -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; U.S. Defensive Positions at the Losheim Gap; The Germans Attack; The Defense of Buchholz Station; The German Assault against the Losheimergraben Crossroads; The Hilltop at Lanzerath; Evening with the 1st Battalion, 394th Infantry; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Attacks; Losheimergraben is Lost; Nemesis at Honsfeld; The 254th Engineers Block the Road; Withdrawal toward Elsenborn; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Continues its Attack; Conclusion to Book One. BOOK TWO: Holding the Line -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; American Defensive Positions; Situation on the Southern Flank of the 2nd Infantry Division; The Germans Attack; The Battle at Hofen, 16-18 December; The Withdrawal of the 2nd Infantry Division Begins; The Fight for Krinkelt-Rocherath, 17 December; The Second Attempt to Seize Krinkelt-Rocherath, 18 December; Withdrawal Toward Elsenborn; Conclusion to Book Two.

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Hans Wijers has written or edited several other accounts of World War II, including Eastern Front Combat.

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