The Other Battle of the Bulge: Operation Northwind
Operation Northwind
Operation Northwind was the little-known second Battle of the Bulge, which cost the Americans and their French comrades-in-arms nearly as many casualties and almost detroyed the Alliance.It was planned by the Fuhrer himself, which hurled eight German divisions, three of them SS, against the thinly-held American line in the Alsace-Lorraine region. Although the US High Command was forewarned by 'Ultra' from Bletchley, the German pressure was just too much. The Americans were forced to retreat. For the first time during the campaign in the West, Eisenhower ordered his troops to give up ground paid for by so many lives and commanding that Stratbo…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-7509-8014-2
- EAN: 9780750980142
- Produktnummer: 20619365
- Verlag: The History Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'725 KB
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Charles Whiting is Britain's most prolific military writer with over 250 books to his credit. He saw active service in the Second World War, serving in an armoured reconnaissance regiment attached to both the US and British armies. He is therefore able to write with the insight and authority of someone who, as a combat soldier, actually experienced the horrors of World War II.
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