Download or read book The Golden Lions The Battle of the Bulge written by John A Messmer, Jr. and published by Nook Press. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Dad never wanted to be a hero. No war needs to be promoted from the acts of violence and inhumanity. The men, who served in the Battle of the Bulge, need to be remembered for their sacrifice and courage. Survival and duty were the only options. This book is based on truthful events. Many gaps exist in the record. No one knows exactly what happened, except for the men, who experienced the horror. The threads are true from my Dad's testimony, other men, who served, and the historical record. From my perspective, I hope; this book presents a realistic view of combat and the aftermath for the men, who fought during the Battle of the Bulge, against the Nazis threat for domination. The war changed my Dad and the world.
Download or read book The Battle of the Bulge written by Patrick Delaforce and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By late 1944 the Allies were poised to smash the Siegfried Line and break into Germany. Supply lines were shorter thanks to the port of Antwerp. Arnhem aside, there had been a long run of victories and there was no intelligence even from ULTRA to suggest a German counter-offensive.So the major December attack through the mountainous Ardennes by massed Panzers and infantry took the Allies totally by surprise. Fog and low cloud negated the Allies' air supremacy, English-speaking German commandos in captured jeeps created panic and withdrawal of US forces became a near rout with morale all but broken.For ten days the situation worsened and Antwerp was seriously threatened and 21st Army Group in danger of being cut off.Clear skies for the Thunderbolts and coherent counter-attacks by rapidly deployed reinforcements turned the tide in the nick of time, so preventing a catastrophic defeat for the Allies.All this and more is graphically narrated in this fine study of a pivotal battle, that so nearly changed the course of war.
Download or read book Dark December The Full Account of the Battle of the Bulge written by Robert E. Merriam and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark December is Robert E. Merriam's famous blow by blow chronicle of the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945), the German Army's last major offensive of World War II. Merriam was chief of the Ardennes section of the U.S. Army and his dazzling narrative is one of the most detailed first-hand accounts of the conflict. Presented from both Allied and German viewpoints, Dark December examines events leading up to the offensive, the massive engagement of German forces against unprepared American units, and finally the turning back of the defeated German Wehrmacht.
Download or read book The Battle of the Bulge written by John R. Bruning and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2011-10-02 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover in 2009.
Download or read book Warriors of the 106th written by Martin King and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-06-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This chronicle of the 106th Infantry Division follows the unit into the Battle of the Bulge and recounts the stories of GIs who fought—even after capture. On December 16, 1944, as the European conflict of World War II was reaching its climax at the Battle of the Bulge, the 106th Infantry Division was fresh, green, and right in the pathway of the Fifth German Army. Warriors of the 106th chronicles the movements and combat operations of this significant unit while sharing individual stories of the heroism and sacrifice of these young Americans in the face of overwhelming odds. From this division alone, 6,800 men were taken prisoner. But their stories didn’t end there. For the ones who miraculously escaped, there was a battle to fight. With remarkable courage, they survived debilitating weather conditions and fought a determined enemy with superior numbers. And despite all adversity, they eventually prevailed. One 106th GI waged his own personal war using guerilla tactics that caused serious consternation amongst the German troops. Another GI’s main concern was recovering his clean underwear. These stories are heartwarming, heartbreaking, nerve-wracking, and compelling. Warriors of the 106th puts readers on the front lines and in the stalags during the final months of WWII.
Download or read book St Vith Lion in the Way written by R. Ernest Dupuy and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the 106th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, the last to be deployed before the end of World War Two.Colonel R. Ernest Dupuy (1887- 1976) was a soldier, newspaperman and military historian. He worked as a journalist in New York before enlisting in the army. Serving in both wars, he retired in 1947. Continuing his writing career, he specialized in writing military history, and authored or co-authored many books on the U.S. Army, West Point, and military affairs.
Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by Robert E. Merriam and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1983-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snow Steel written by Peter Caddick-Adams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new assessment of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest and bloodiest battle fought by U.S. forces in World War II, offers a balanced perspective that considers both the German and American viewpoints and discusses the failings of intelligence; Hitler's strategic grasp; effects of weather and influence of terrain; and differences in weaponry, understanding of aerial warfare, and doctrine.
Download or read book Battle of the Bulge written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists primarily of biographies of soldiers.
Download or read book The Dachau Defendants written by Fern Overbey Hilton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2004-07-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 489 Dachau trials, 1700 criminals of Nazi Germany faced American justice. Held in the old administration building of the defunct concentration camp, they began just weeks after the capitulation in 1945 and were completed on December 30, 1947. The defendants varied from major figures in the Reich, to doctors, engineers, and teachers, to farmers, students, and villagers. The crimes include the abuse or murder of downed American airmen and atrocities committed against victims of all nationalities in the concentration camps and transports. This study concentrates on a selection of the trials that show a broad group of representative crimes and lend themselves to an understanding of World War II German culture. In proving that the average citizen could be as devoted a contributor to the Nazi cause as Hitler, it hopes to reveal something about those who would not stand up to him, who tolerated him, or who joined him. It addresses the disturbing reality that most atrocities committed in the Hitler era were the result of personal decisions made by others than the dictator. Written from primary source documents such as letters, testimony, petitions, military records, physical evidence, and the official files and reviews of the trials, the case descriptions also provide defendants' personal details: upbringing, family life, education, career choices, their behavior during the trials, and their lives afterward. The study concludes with an appendix of all cases by number and defendant, divided by series, and a bibliography. It is illustrated with mug shots of the defendants and photographs of relevant sites and events.
Download or read book The Hutchinson Atlas of Battle Plans written by John Pimlott and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains battle plans with their actual outcome, from the Romans to World War II.Each in-depth essay on a particular battle is complemented by original maps in the service of "before and after", producing fresh insights into important battles that have, in many cases, dictated the course of history.The battles analyzed, by a team of distinguished military historians, are: the classic ploys -- Cannae, Chancellorsville, Alamein; surprise -- Crecy, Cambrai, Blitzkrieg; misunderstanding -- Waterloo, Balaklava, Gallipoli; mission impossible -- Kunersdorf, First Day of Somme, Battle of the Bulge; underestimating the enemy -- Austerlitz, Isandawana, Singapore; narrow margins -- Gettysburg, First Battle of Ypres, Crete.
Download or read book Ardennes 1944 written by Antony Beevor and published by Viking. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jacket subtitle: The Battle of the Bulge.
Download or read book Charlutz written by Charles Valenti and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a story about love of country, of community, of family and friends, teammates, and soldiers, who have banded together like brothers. This is the story of one very special soldier and the knowledge he passed on to his son. The soldier was known as a Golden Lion. He taught his cub to become an athlete with skills sharpened by military philosophies and knowledge of American sports. Here, one will find a love of soccer, the seed of which was planted in a distant land. The young plant was brought to America, and the blossom became known as the Cleveland High School soccer team. Here, you will travel. You will experience life and love in the hamlet of Verona, Italy. Verona, the birthplace of “Romeo and Juliet”. Destiny will take you across the Atlantic ocean to another hamlet called Ridgewood in the Big Apple know as New York City. Here, you will experience Camelot, where soccer and baseball embrace military thought.
Download or read book Panzers in Winter written by Samuel W. Mitcham and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2007-12-13 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of World War II's most famous battles recounted from the German point of view Covers Otto Skorzeny, Kampfgruppe Peiper, the siege of Bastogne, and more Includes the story of the hard-hit U.S. 106th Infantry Division and based on unpublished primary sources, including after-action reports and soldiers' memoirs Before dawn on December 16, 1944, German forces rolled through the icy Ardennes in their last major offensive on the Western Front. Catching the Allies--predominantly Americans, in what they believed was a "quiet" sector--by surprise, the Germans made early gains, but Allied counterattacks combined with German fuel shortages and mounting casualties forced the German Army into a retreat from which it never recovered.
Download or read book World War II Indiana Landmarks written by Ronald P. May and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II Indiana Landmarks features places throughout the state that played significant roles during World War II. Many of these locations memorialize those who fought as well as those who contributed to the war effort. These places of remembrance include historical sites, monuments, markers, museums, surviving buildings, a surviving Navy ship, a surviving plane, and more. Author Ronald P. May explores the rich historical backgrounds surrounding each location and tells the personal stories of veterans and civilians related to many of these locations.
Download or read book Rocky Boyer s War written by Allen D Boyer and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Rocky Boyer’s War, Allen Boyer offers a wry, keen-eyed, and occasionally disgruntled counterpoint history of the hard-fought, brilliant campaign that won World War II in the Southwest Pacific. Based in part on an unauthorized diary kept by the author's father, 1st Lt. Roscoe “Rocky” Boyer, this narrative history offers the reader an account of Allied air commander Gen. George Kenney's "air blitz" offensive as it was lived both in the cockpit and on the ground. During 1944, as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s forces fought their way from New Guinea to the Philippines, Kenney, discarding pre-war doctrine, planned and ran an “air blitz” offensive. His 5th Air Force drove forward like a tank army, crash-landing in open country, seizing terrain, bulldozing new airfields, winning air control, and moving forward. At airfields on the front line, Rocky kept the radios working for the 71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group, a fighter-bomber unit. Diaries were forbidden, but Rocky kept one—full of casualties, accidents, off-duty shenanigans, and rear-area snafus. He had friends killed when they shot it out with Japanese anti-aircraft gunners, or when their bombers vanished in bad weather. He wrote about wartime camp life at Nadzab, New Guinea, the largest air base in the world, part Scout camp and part frontier boomtown. He knew characters worthy of Catch-22: combat flyers who played contract bridge, military brass who played office politics, black quartermasters, and chaplains who stood up to colonels when a promotion party ended with drunken gunplay and dynamite. This is a narrative of the war as airmen lived it. Rocky’s experience of life on the front line gives from-the-bottom-up detail to the framework of Kenney’s air blitz. The author uses Rocky’s story as a jumping-off point from which to understand the daily life, pranks, mishaps, and casualties, of the men who in 1944 fought their way over the two thousand miles from New Guinea to the Philippines.
