The Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge

Einband:
Kartonierter Einband
EAN:
9780811735926
Untertitel:
The Losheim Gap/Holding the Line, Volume 1
Genre:
Geschichte
Autor:
Hans Wijers
Herausgeber:
Stackpole Co
Anzahl Seiten:
406
Erscheinungsdatum:
21.10.2009
ISBN:
978-0-8117-3592-6

Klappentext The U.S. Army's bloodiest battle of World War II. From-the-foxhole stories of American soldiers in combat. Based on official U.S. Army documents and after-action reports. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
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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