Nuts!

by Goldstein, Donald M.

• ISBN13: 9781574882797
• ISBN10: 1574882791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-08-01
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

From the Library Journal Hitler and his general staff were convinced that if the Allies on the Continent were struck a shattering blow, their unity would collapse. In mid-December 1944, they planned and executed a sudden but unsuccessful counterattack westward through the Forest of Ardennes that on combat maps produced a change in the battle line forever known as the Bulge. Following the format and scope of their earlier works The Way It Was (LJ 8/91) and D-Day Normandy(LJ 4/1/94), the authors have reconstructed the sense of those uncertain days in the frozen Belgian woods. Hundreds of photos taken from American and German sources capture the world of combat from the perspective of foot soldiers and tank crewmen in all its powerful, gritty, and often gruesome reality. A valuable addition to any collection on this subject.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
The Antagonists	1	(13)
Men and Machines	14	(24)
The Battle Plan, Objectives, and Orders of Battle	38	(14)
The German Offensive Opens	52	(30)
German Special Operations, Massacre at Baugnez, Americans React to the Offensive	82	(28)
Bastogne Besieged	110	(20)
The German Offensive Slows	130	(15)
The Allies Crush the Bulge	145	(22)
Aftermath	167	(18)
Appendix: Comparative Rank Table	185	(1)
Credits	186	(1)
Index	187