This book offers unique coverage from the German perspective of the greatest military disaster that the United States suffered in the European Theater in World War II during the Ardennes Offensive when most of the U.S. 106th Infantry Division was destroyed in the Snow Mountains (Schnee Eifel).
Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr. is an internationally recognized authority on Nazi Germany and the Second World War. He is the author of twenty books, including Crumbling Empire (Praeger, 2001), Retreat from the Reich (Praeger, 2000), and The Desert Fox in Normandy (Praeger, 1997). A former Army helicopter pilot and company commander, he is a graduate of the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College.
A former Army helicopter pilot and company commander, Mitcham is
the author of 20 books on military topics. Drawing on multiple
unpublished sources, he describes the Battle of the Bulge and of
the Ardennes Offensive from the German perspective. Introductory
chapters setting the stage, describing the planning and
preparations for the offensive, and the first day of the offensive
are followed by chapters covering the battle by sector, the
clearing of the bulge, and the subsequent lives and careers of the
major participants. Illustrated with B&W photographs and
maps.
*Reference & Research Book News*
This compelling book offers a new perspective on one of the most
important operations of World War II. Mitcham's discovery of new
German sources allows for a wealth of new voices, combining the
military situation with the politcal, and his somewhat peculiar
arrangement ultimately makes those voices more clearly defined. The
volume presents a history that will engage specialists as well as
casual readers not deeply versed in military history.
*H-Net Reviews*
[I]mparts interesting perspectives as to the influence of
conflicting personalities….[e]specially for those who are already
somewhat familiar with the general nature of the German 1944
Ardennes Offensive, and desire to be quickly brought up to speed,
as to the specifics.
*The Journal of Military History*
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