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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 940 EAN: 9781841768106 ISBN: 1841768103 Label: Osprey Publishing Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: November 11, 2004 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Release Date: November 11, 2004 Studio: Osprey Publishing Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The Ardennes offensive in December 1944, known to history as the “Battle of the Bulge”, was the decisive campaign of the war in North-West Europe. When the attack in the north by 6th Panzer Army failed, Hitler switched the focus of the offensive to General Manteuffel’s 5th Panzer Army farther south. Overwhelming the green US 106th Division, German Panzers flooded towards the River Meuse. Barring their way was the crossroads town of Bastogne, reinforced at the last minute by the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne, the ‘Screaming Eagles”. The stage was set for one of the epic struggles of the war – the battle for Bastogne. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Been there, done thatThis purchase was a gift for my father who was there during the St. Vith conflict. He immediately picked up this book and started reading it. I saw him shaking his head yes as he read. This was such a tough time for an 18 year old small town America kid to experience. Reading about this experience in his life, so long after the fact, is allowing him to process the horrific experience of St. Vith and the Bulge and come to terms with it. He lost so many friends during this campaign. One comment ... Read More Rating:  - Bastogne Occupies only 25 Percent of the BookOsprey Campaign books are excellent sources for condensed history. The photos are good and 3-dimensional graphics ideal for studying the battle. BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944 (2) BASTOGNE's solitary shortcoming is that it spends such a short portion of the book on Bastogne. Essentially, Zaloga's work is an overview of the entire Ardennes campaign. This is a good book to add to your military library, but the title is a little misleading. Rating: - Good book, poor layoutZaloga gives the reader, as usual, a concise, educated analysis of the fighting in the northern part of the Ardennes offensive. Particularly useful is the accurate and sobering description of the deficiencies in the German fighting man, even the vaunted SS troops, and in the leadership of the Waffen SS. The problem with the book is in the poor layout. Zaloga describes the battles by naming villages and axes of advance, but the maps frequently do not show these at all, or if they are ... Read More Rating: - EditingCan't believe this author (and Osprey editors) continually misspell the name of W/SS Gruppenfuehrer Hermann Priess, Ritterkreuz holder, it's annoying... Rating: - Another Great Volume from ZalogaThe Battle of the Bulge is one of those subjects in military history that has been so over-covered that readers must be wary of new volumes on this subject, many of which only repackage what other writers did earlier. Fortunately, Steven Zaloga's second volume in the Osprey Campaign series is a well-written narrative that can stand on its own merits. This second volume focuses the southern half of the Ardennes front, including the fighting around Bastogne. Zaloga's writing style is in fine fettle ... Read More 
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