A Time for Trumpets : : the Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge
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Includes index.
Plans and preparations -- The first day -- The penetrations -- The shoulders -- Dams against the tide -- The road back.
On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieving what had been considered impossible - total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war. The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S Army - a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction and hand-to-hand combat.
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PUBLISHED
New York : William Morrow, c1985.
Year Published: 1985
Description: 712 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0688151574
SUBJECTS
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.