History of the Battle of the Bulge, Ardennes Offensive, the last major German offensive by the 5th Panzer Army, 6th Panzer Army and the German 7th Army. The German plan 'Wacht am Rein' are well documented in these military books of the Ardennes Offensive 1944, available from Cranston Fine Arts.

Battle of the Ardennes 1944 (1), St Vith and the Northern Shoulder by Steven J Zaloga

The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and most costly battle fought by the US Army in World War II.  The assault on the Ardennes was Hitler's last gamble on the Western Front, and crippled the Wehrmacht for the remainder of the war.  This book, the first of two volumes on the Ardennes campaign, details the fighting in the northern sector around St Vith and the Elsenborn Ridge.  It was in this sector that Hitler expected to achieve the breakthrough and it was here that he concentrated the bulk of his Panzer forces in the form of Sixth Panzer Army.  Failure around St Vith forced the Germans to look south towards Bastogne.

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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 115.

Ardennes 1944, Hitler's Last Gamble in the West by James R. Arnold

'The Battle of the Bulge' was the last major German offensive in the West. Three armies attacked through the Ardennes, the weakest point in the American lines - and almost broke through. James Arnold describes the planning of the attack and the course of events, including the defence of Bastogne and the heroic delaying actions fought by GI's supposed to be in a 'quiet' sector of the front. The author is a freelance writer and researcher living in Virginia.

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Book price £12.99. Book serial number Osprey 5.

The Battle of the Bulge by John Toland

In December 1944, the German army had been retreating since its defeat in Normandy five months earlier. But at 5.00am on December 16th the German artillery suddenly bombarded the peaceful Ardennes front, initiating what came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. It was the greatest pitched battle ever fought by the Americans, and their only major struggle in the dead of winter. Before it was over, they had suffered over 80,000 casualties.

The story of the Bulge is told here in its entirety, and from the point of view of individuals on both the German and Allied sides. It is an astonishing story oif mass surrender and massacre occuring side by side with comic opera and unusual heroism. This was Hitler's last desperate thrust, his final gamble to win the war.

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Book serial number W27. Price £4.99. Fully illustrated paperback with 413 pages.