Publisher's Synopsis
The powerful German counter-offensive operation codenamed ?Wacht am Rhein? (Watch on the Rhine) was launched against Allied forces on the morning on December 16, 1944, and would result in the greatest single extended land battle of WWII ? the Battle of the Bulge, fought in a series of fierce clashes across the Ardennes Forest of Belgium and Luxembourg. Gathered here are first-person stories of the soldiers who faced this offensive and defeated it: a paratrooper dropping into the action, a soldier apart from his regiment stalking the enemy in the depth of the forest, tank drivers coping with getting stuck in hip-deep mud whilst under attack, commanders planning offensives with no supply lines or communications, dealing with the Nazi ?werewolves? left behind to hinder troop advances, and much more, shedding a unique and personal light on this onslaught.
