ASIN: B00J66N6R8
Publisher: Endeavour Press
Pages: 249
It has generally been assumed by historians of the Second World War that the Americans were caught completely unaware by the last great German offensive of World War Two - the drive into the Ardennes in December 1944, known as the Battle of the Bulge. But were they in fact taken by surprise? In this remarkable reappraisal of the hectic days which preceded the last Christmas of the War, Charles Whiting argues that the answer is very probably that they were not. But if the Americans knew that the Germans were coming, why didn’t they reinforce the troops on the weakly held Ardennes sector of the front line?’ What is certain is that ever since the end of the Second World War the guardians of the files relating to the Battle of the Bulge in the United States have been most unwilling to permit any examination of their contents.In the brilliant piece of investigative history, Charles Whiting ...
