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Klappentext The U.S. Army's bloodiest battle of World War IIFrom-the-foxhole stories of American soldiers in combatBased on official U.S. Army documents and after-action reportsMost accounts of the Battle of the Bulge focus on Bastogne, but the Germans' main thrust actually occurred to the north, where Sepp Dietrich's Sixth SS Panzer Army stormed through the Losheim Gap. In this region of thick forests and tiny villages, U.S. troops halted the best of the German war machine, including the 12th SS Panzer and the 3rd Fallschirmjäger Divisions. Zusammenfassung Most accounts of the Battle of the Bulge focus on the center! where the 101st Airborne held Bastogne! but the Germans' main thrust actually occurred to the north! where Sepp Dietrich's 6th SS Panzer Army stormed through the Losheim Gap on its way to Liege and Antwerp. Inhaltsverzeichnis BOOK ONE: The Losheim Gap -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; U.S. Defensive Positions at the Losheim Gap; The Germans Attack; The Defense of Buchholz Station; The German Assault against the Losheimergraben Crossroads; The Hilltop at Lanzerath; Evening with the 1st Battalion! 394th Infantry; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Attacks; Losheimergraben is Lost; Nemesis at Honsfeld; The 254th Engineers Block the Road; Withdrawal toward Elsenborn; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Continues its Attack; Conclusion to Book One. BOOK TWO: Holding the Line -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; American Defensive Positions; Situation on the Southern Flank of the 2nd Infantry Division; The Germans Attack; The Battle at Hofen! 16-18 December; The Withdrawal of the 2nd Infantry Division Begins; The Fight for Krinkelt-Rocherath! 17 December; The Second Attempt to Seize Krinkelt-Rocherath! 18 December; Withdrawal Toward Elsenborn; Conclusion to Book Two.
