Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45

by Peter Caddick-Adams

Book Overview

Between December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg defending against an advancing German army amid freezing temperatures, deep snow, and dense fog. Operation Herbstnebel--Autumn Mist--was a massive German counter-offensive that stunned the Allies in its scope and intensity. In the end, the 40-day long Battle of the Bulge, as it has come...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199335141
• ISBN13: 9780199335145
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 928 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"