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John C. McManus

Alamo in the Ardennes

The Untold Story of the American Soldiers Who Made the Defense of Bastogne Possi ble

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A comprehensive and vivid account of the heroic defense of Bastogne... McManus has taken a great old story and made it new again.-Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of An Army at DawnDuring the Battle of the Bulge, the 101st Airborne made their legendary stand at Bastogne. But their heroics never could have happened if not for the unsung efforts of others. This is the powerful yet little-known story of the bloody delaying action fought by the 28th Infantry Division, elements of the 9th and 10th Armored Divisions, and other, smaller units. Outnumbered and outgunned, they made the Germans pay for every icy inch of ground they gained.… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-451-22558-0
  • EAN: 9780451225580
  • Produktnummer: 19441100
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Masse: H23.0 cm x B15.6 cm x D2.0 cm 392 g
  • Gewicht: 392

Über den Autor


John C. McManus is an award-winning professor, author, and military historian, and a leading expert on the history of the American combat experience. He is the Curators' Distinguished Professor of U.S. Military History at Missouri University of Science and Technology, and is currently in residence at the U.S. Naval Academy as the Leo A. Shifrin Chair of Naval and Military History. His critically acclaimed books on World War II include Grunts, September Hope, and The Dead and Those About to Die. His next book, Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943, will be published by Dutton Caliber in July 2019.

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