Post by connie on Mar 12, 2009 19:36:22 GMT -5
A Time for Trumpets by Charles Mac Donald
copyright 1985
www.goodreads.com/book/show/182138.A_Time_for_Trumpets
This book gives the larger picture of the Battle of the Bulge, covering activity of all divisions involved. It was first recommended to me by a retired career military man (Colonel) who was (at a much lower rank) in a tank unit that was rushed into "the bulge" shortly after the initial break-through. Of course it does not have as much detail on the activity of the 106th as Dupuy's book, but it is well done, gives the larger picture, and is well indexed -- helpful if you're doing research.
Link to Amazon where you can purchase a hard copy,Kindle Unlimited, or audible version: www.amazon.com/Time-Trumpets-Untold-Story-Battle/dp/0688151574
Here's the write-up on the Amazon page:
On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war.
The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army -- a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat.
Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history.
copyright 1985
www.goodreads.com/book/show/182138.A_Time_for_Trumpets
This book gives the larger picture of the Battle of the Bulge, covering activity of all divisions involved. It was first recommended to me by a retired career military man (Colonel) who was (at a much lower rank) in a tank unit that was rushed into "the bulge" shortly after the initial break-through. Of course it does not have as much detail on the activity of the 106th as Dupuy's book, but it is well done, gives the larger picture, and is well indexed -- helpful if you're doing research.
Link to Amazon where you can purchase a hard copy,Kindle Unlimited, or audible version: www.amazon.com/Time-Trumpets-Untold-Story-Battle/dp/0688151574
Here's the write-up on the Amazon page:
On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible -- total surprise. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war.
The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army -- a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat.
Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history.
