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In the winter of 1944-1945, Hitler sought to divide Allied forces in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Luxembourg and Belgium. He deployed more than 400,000 troops in one of the last major German offensives of the war, which became known as the Battle of the Bulge, in a desperate attempt to re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rickard, John Nelson, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2011.
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Patton, George S. > (George Smith), > 1885-1945 > Military leadership.
Patton, George S. > (George Smith), > 1885-1945
1944-1945
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Military campaigns
Command of troops
Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Key to the Maps; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Studying Patton; 1. Origin of the Ardennes Counteroffensive; 2. The Opposing Armies in December 1944; 3. Onslaught; 4. Enter Patton; 5. The Verdun Conference; 6. The Ninety-Degree Turn; 7. Third Army Attacks, December 22-23; 8. A Rendevous with Eagles, December 24-26; Photo insert; 9. Patton's Alternative Lines of Action; 10. Path to Attrition, December 27-29; 11. Slugging Match, December 30-31; 12. Culmination, January 1-4; 13. The Harlange Pocket, January 5-8.
  • 14. No Risk, No Reward, January 9-2515. Assessment; Appendixes; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Miliary Units; General Index.

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