Battle of the Bulge Hitler's Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945

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Edition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-12-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Publishing
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Summary

On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his last desperate offensive of World War II, a final great gamble designed to smash his American and British attackers.

Author Biography

Danny S. Parker is a former research consultant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Battle of the Bulge. He is the author of To Win the Winter Sky: The Air Way Over the Ardennes, and editor of The Battle of the Bulge: The German View and Hitler's Ardennes Offensive. He lives in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Abbreviation of Ranks x
Preface xi
Introduction xiii
The Setting
1(66)
The Situation
3(3)
Hitler Plans His Last Gamble
6(4)
Hitler Overrides His Generals
10(6)
The Final Days
16(4)
The Allies
20(15)
The Men at the Top
23(12)
All Quiet in the Ardennes
35(13)
Ultra: The Secret Battle
38(10)
The Ardennes
48(19)
The Influence of Terrain
52(4)
Arms and Equipment
56(11)
The First Day: ``We March!''
67(42)
The Sixth Panzer Armee
69(10)
The Fifth Panzer Armee
79(6)
The Seventh Armee
85(3)
The View from OB West
88(2)
The First Day: An Assessment
90(14)
How the Battle Was Fought
92(12)
The Allied Reaction
104(5)
Progress of the Battle
109(218)
Breakthrough: December 17th--18th
111(41)
Operation Stosser: The Last German Parachute Operation
129(10)
The Incident at Malmedy
139(5)
Heroes of the Elsenborn Ridge: 644 TD Bn
144(8)
The Allied Crisis and the German Advance: December 19th--20th
152(27)
Materialschlact: The War of Supply
170(9)
The Shoulders Hold, the Center Collapses: December 21st--22nd
179(23)
Skorzeny's Commandos
192(7)
Nuts to Nuts!
199(3)
The Germans Approach the Meuse: December 23rd--24th
202(19)
Hitler's Weather
213(6)
Patton's Prayer
219(2)
The Turning Point: December 25th--26th
221(19)
The War Correspondents
232(3)
Hitler's Last Christmas
235(5)
``We Must Have Bastogne'': December 27th--28th
240(20)
Forgotten Legions
249(11)
Stalemate: December 29th--30th
260(7)
Offensives Collide: December 31st--January 1st, 1945
267(14)
The Tigers of Winter
273(8)
The Final German Thrust: January 2nd--4th
281(19)
The Guns of December
289(11)
The Allies Attack: January 5th--11th
300(15)
The Civilians
307(5)
Hemingway in the Battle of the Bulge
312(3)
The Bulge Is Erased: January 12th--28th
315(12)
Looking Back
327(62)
Aftermath
329(1)
Reasons for German Failure
330(4)
An Inventory
334(6)
The Place of the Ardennes Campaign in World War II
340(3)
Appendices
Organization of Combat Forces in the Ardennes Campaign
343(24)
Recommended Reading
367(4)
Periodicals and Interest Groups
371(2)
Film
373(2)
Simulation Games
375(2)
Battlefield Museums
377(2)
Tours of the Ardennes
379(2)
Table of Equivalent Ranks
381(1)
Detail of Situation Map
382(3)
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
385(4)
Index 389(13)
Photo Credits 402

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