Ardennes 1944 Peiper & Skorzeny

From the earliest planning stages of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes during World War II (1939-1945), Hitler was convinced of the importance of taking the Meuse bridges. He resolved that, when his forces broke through the US lines, one special unit should be dressed in American uniforms and issued with American weapons and vehicles. In this guise they could take advantage of the surprise and shock of the breakthrough, and move forward to the Meuse bridges as if they were retreating Americans. Jean-Paul Pallud details their organisation and the fateful sequence of events that followed.

List of contents

Operation 'Greif'
Panzerbrigade 150
Kampfgruppe Peiper
The Plates

About the author

Jean-Paul Pallud graduated as a physicist at Grenoble in 1973. Since 1976 he has written many articles on the Second World War. A regular contributor to After the Battle magazine, he was technical advisor for their book Panzers in Normandy, and author of their monumental work The Battle of the Bulge: Then and Now. He flies light aircraft as a hobby. Jean-Paul Pallud currently lives in France with his wife and three chidren.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-Paul Pallud, Pallud Jean-Paul
• Assisted by: David Parker (Illustration), David R Parker (Illustration), Volstad Ronald (Illustration)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.05.1987
• EAN: 9780850457407
• ISBN: 978-0-85045-740-7
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 248 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 224 g
• Illustrations: 55 b/w; 10 col
• Series: Elite
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Osprey, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General