Battle of the Bulge - The Definitive Account FIRST EDITON was published in 1981 and

was published in 1981 and is translated from the monograph in the series issued by the University of Kiel Institute of World Economics

analyses the legend including its darker side from its beginnings in 1831 as a device to absorb the footloose and "lost" veterans of Napoleon's armies

enduring hunger

During the 1960's he opened an antique shop in Clacton-on-Sea specialising in arms

The bunkers were abandoned

Battle of the Bulge - The Definitive Account FIRST EDITON was published in 1981 andCharles B MacDonald First Edition Published 1984 Book Club The author, himself a veteran of the Bulge campaign, provides an insight into a last ditch attempt by the Germans to stem the allied tide. 250,000 Germans struck with complete surprise in December 1944, and is described as the most abysmal battlefield intelligence failure in the history of the US Army. Extensive research has allowed the author to include detailed reports from the time. This is