THOSE WHO WOULD HOLD BASTOGNE

Author: Peter Schrijvers

Publisher: Yale University Press

Year published: 2014

Pagination: 310pp illustrations

Condition: Very good in d/w

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In this account of the 1944-45 winter of war in Bastogne, the author 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 three more weeks of fighting. He draws on diaries, memoirs, and other fresh sources to illuminate the experiences not only of 3,000 citizens and their American defenders, but also of German soldiers and commanders desperate for victory.