Overview

The so-called ‘Battleof the Bulge’ was one of the most important battles of the Second World War. It was certainly America’s largest and most crucial land battle, at one stage involving half a million men. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Final Gambletells the story of Hitler’s brilliant plan to recapture Antwerpand force a negotiated peace on the Western front; and how close he came to success. Featuring individual stories from the German army and American GIs, as well as a more comprehensive account of the British intervention than seen in previous books on the battle, Patrick Delaforce provides a gripping account of one of the most important battles of the Second World War.

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Author:   Patrick Delaforce
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   Longman
Edition:   1st New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 12.90cm
Weight:   0.582kg
ISBN:  

9781405840620

ISBN 10:   1405840625
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   27 July 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

CONTENTSIntroduction: Bleak midwinter1. Winston Churchill: 'The forward leap was over'2. Euphoria followed by complacency3. On the other side of the hill: Third Reich4. The Allied generals at war5. Hitler's great counter-offensive plans6. Hitler's brilliant deception plans7. Hilter's deceptions: Stosser and Greif8. The air war9. Hitler's battle plans10. The secret war of ULTRA and Enigma11. The Ardennes battlegrounds: the Ghost Front12. 'All hell's broken loose'13. The Losheim Gap Battle14. The doom and destruction of the young 'Golden Lions'15. The 'Checkerboard' division: 'A hurricane of iron and fire'16. The 'Ivy' division defend 'Little Switzerland'17. Battles for the Twin Towns and the Elsenborn Ridge18. Colonel Fuller and the Keystones: 'Buckets of Blood'19. Peiper, Hitler's bodyguard and the massacres20. The defence of St Vith21. Montgomery takes command of US 1st and 9th Armies22. The rise and fall of Dietrich's Sixth SS Panzer Army23. The battle for Wiltz24. The dying days of Kampfengruppe Peiper25. The Seventh Army has problems in the south26. The air war 16-25 December: the metallic starlings27. All roads lead to Bastogne28. Patton relieves Bastogne?29. German Seveth Army: 'battle of attrition'30. High Noon for von Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army31. War in the air: Christmas Day to New Year's Day32. Hitler's surprises (1) Operation Bodenplatte33. British XXX Corps: longstop and counter-attack34. Hitler's surprises (2) Operation Nordwind35. Autumn Mist: January - retribution36. Gotterdammerung: the final audit37. The heroesBibliographyIndex

Reviews

Delaforce is a fine researcher and presents the facts with a clarity most historians would do well to copy' Scottish Legion News 'The author disentangles the various strands in this awesome confrontation with skill and he also balances the wider view with an attention to the detail that brings it all back to life.' Contemporary Review

<P>&#145;Delaforce is a fine researcher and presents the facts with a clarity most historians would do well to copy&#146;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P><P><I>Scottish Legion News</I></P><P>'The author disentangles the various strands in this awesome confrontation with skill and he also balances the wider view with an attention to the detail that brings it all back to life.&#146;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P><P><EM>Contemporary Review</EM></P><P></P><P><I></I>&nbsp;</P><P></P>

Author Information

Patrick Delaforce has written 13 books on military history, all on World War Two. A veteran of the war, he received three decorations, in addition to campaign medals.

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