Battle Of The Bulge

by Tsouras, Peter G.

• ISBN13: 9781853676079
• ISBN10: 1853676071
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal

Summary

Based on a series of fascinating What ifs' posed by leading military historians, this compelling new alternate history recontructs the moments during the Battle of the Bulge which could conceivably have altered the entire course of the Second World War and led to a German victory. Based on real battles, actions and characters, each scenario has been carefully constructed to reveal how at points of decision a different choice or minor incident could have set in motion an entirely new train of events altering history for ever. What if the Germans successfully prevented Patton from riding to the rescue at Bastogne? Or if the Allies had suffered a major setback at the Battle of the Bulge which allowed the Red Army to overrun Berlin and drive on to the Rhine? What if Hitler had not launched his massive gambit and, instead, the Allies had progressed with the operations plan they had prior to the Bulge? These are some of the intriguing scenarios played out by leading authors.

Author Biography

Peter G. Tsouras is a senior analyst for the Battelle Corporation in Virginia

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	6	(1)
List of Maps	7	(1)
Key to Maps	7	(1)
The Contributors	8	(3)
Introduction	11	(221)
1. Monty's D-Day	15	(24)
Caen and Beyond
David C. Isby
2. "By the Throat"	39	(25)
Decision at Falaise
Peter G. Tsouras
3. Patton And the Narrow Thrust	64	(21)
The Ardennes Route into Germany
James R. Arnold
4. A Backdoor Into Germany	85	(41)
Monty Bounces The Rhine
Andrew Uffindell
5. The Race to Bastogne	126	(22)
Nuts!
Christopher J. Anderson
6. Blunting the Bulge	148	(18)
From the Maas to the Meuse with First Canadian Army
Sean M. Maloney
7. Go Home, This Is Our Goddam Show!	166	(17)
Monty pulls it off
Charles Vasey
8. Operation Herbstnebel	183	(23)
Smoke Over the Ardennes
John Prados
9. Holding Patton	206	(26)
Seventh Panzer Army and the Battle of Luxembourg
Kim H. Campbell
10. Ardennes Disaster	232
The Iron Curtain Falls on the White House
Peter G. Tsouras