Author: FORTY, GEORGE
Title: The Reich's Last Gamble the Ardennes Offensive, December 1944
Description: London: Cassell & Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0304358029. A near-fine volume in a near fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and maps ; 9.2 X 6.5 X 1.6 inches; 352 pages; "In the years since that fateful December of 1944, at least two dozen books have appeared, devoted solely to telling this story. Yet it can be told again and told well. Forty, retired director and curator of the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, and author of numerous books on tank warfare in World War II, applies his well-honed narrative skills to a reexamination of this well-known battle. With an attention to detail that informs but does not bore, Forty reveals his remarkable knowledge of the intricacies of German and U.S. armored and infantry tactics in the Ardennes. Greatly assisting the reader is an abundance of battle maps. Appendixes provide detailed information about the military units for all combatants, as well as thumbnail biographies of the major players. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0304358029 Battle of the Bulge Germany ardennes forest Militaria
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Title: The Reich's Last Gamble the Ardennes Offensive, December 1944
Description: London: Cassell & Company, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0304358029. A near-fine volume in a near fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. B&W photos and maps ; 9.2 X 6.5 X 1.6 inches; 352 pages; "In the years since that fateful December of 1944, at least two dozen books have appeared, devoted solely to telling this story. Yet it can be told again and told well. Forty, retired director and curator of the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset, and author of numerous books on tank warfare in World War II, applies his well-honed narrative skills to a reexamination of this well-known battle. With an attention to detail that informs but does not bore, Forty reveals his remarkable knowledge of the intricacies of German and U.S. armored and infantry tactics in the Ardennes. Greatly assisting the reader is an abundance of battle maps. Appendixes provide detailed information about the military units for all combatants, as well as thumbnail biographies of the major players. ". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .
Keywords: 0304358029 Battle of the Bulge Germany ardennes forest Militaria
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: Ainsworth Books
- Book number: 20111
- Book number: 20111
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