The Ardennes On Fire
Volume 1 DECEMBER 16, 1944: THE FIRST DAY OF THE GERMAN ASSAULT.
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Publisher Description
At precisely 5:30 AM, Saturday morning, December 16, 1944, the misty calm of the Ardennes Forest was violently shattered by the deafening roar of nearly 85 miles of German guns. From the ancient city of Monschau in the north, all the way down to the resort city of Echternach in the south, the earth shook and the ground trembled for nearly an hour as practically every caliber of shell the Third Reich possessed was hurled at the American lines. This was the opening act of the famous and legendary campaign known to military history as: The Battle Of The Bulge.In volume one of the phenomenal book, The Ardennes On Fire, brilliant author Timothy J. Thompson details the intensive German military buildup in the weeks leading up to the massive attack, and then examines every parameter of day one of Hitlers greatest military gamble. This book is so riveting, you will never be able to put it down. Mr. Thompson provides the reader with more than 100 outstanding photographs, along with a full and comprehensive index as well. If you want to know how it happened and why it happened, this is the book for you. The Battle of the Bulge was one of the most thrilling campaigns in the history of warfare. Volume one of, The Ardennes On Fire, captures every aspect of it.
Customer Reviews
Hobbyist History Tale
If you are interested in the numbers of soldiers, battalions, guns, tanks, assault guns etc, as well as light biographical sketches of key WWII battle personnel, you will probably enjoy this book. The author has pulled together a lot of material about both the German and Allied sides of the conflict. He clearly has some passion for the subject.
But, be aware that this is a very colloquial account of the event. For example: “It was going to be a massive undertaking. And I do mean massive.” Also that the book appears to have had very light editing, judging from the amount of typographical and grammatical errors. For example: “[There were actually 100 Allied divisions, but whose counting]” The book is OK. But, finally, these things made me think I was wasting my time on this. Plus, the transatlantic flight I bought it for ended before I reached more than the chapter on "Germany’s Big Cats."