Those Who Hold Bastogne: The True Story of the Soldiers and Civilians Who Fought in the Biggest Battle of the Bulge - Brossura

Schrijvers, Peter

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ISBN 10: 0300216149 ISBN 13: 9780300216141

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

Hitler’s last gamble, the Battle of the Bulge, was intended to push the Allied invaders of Normandy all the way back to the beaches. The plan nearly succeeded, and almost certainly would have, were it not for one small Belgian town and its tenacious American defenders who held back a tenfold larger German force while awaiting the arrival of General George Patton’s mighty Third Army.

In this dramatic account of the 194445 winter of war in Bastogne, historian Peter Schrijvers offers the first full story of the German assault on the strategically located town. From the December stampede of American and Panzer divisions racing to reach Bastogne first, through the bloody eight-day siege from land and air, and through three more weeks of unrelenting fighting even after the siege was broken, events at Bastogne hastened the long-awaited end of WWII. Schrijvers draws on diaries, memoirs, and other fresh sources to illuminate the experiences not only of Bastogne’s 3,000 citizens and their American defenders, but also of German soldiers and commanders desperate for victory. The costs of war are here made real, uncovered in the stories of those who perished and those who emerged from battle to find the world forever changed.

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Recensione:

"A fast-paced story... Schrijvers does an admirable job of weaving personal accounts into the larger picture of Bastogne's horrors." --Wall Street Journal "Five stars."-- Alex Kershaw, Goodreads "An excellent account of the battle for Bastogne, both well researched and well written." --Antony Beevor "Using fresh sources and deft writing, Peter Schrijvers develops a panoramic and compelling boots-on-the-ground illumination of one of the Bulge's most epic battles." --Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of Dog Company: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc - Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way Across Europe "Gripping ... visceral ... an engaging and engrossing narrative." --H-Net "Well researched and written at a good pace, this is an excellent account of an epic and brutal struggle." --David Flintham, Military History Magazine

L'autore:

Peter Schrijvers, a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, is the author of five previous books on World War II.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0300216149
• ISBN 13: 9780300216141
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 310