The Ardennes: Battle of the Bulge

During most of the eleven months between D-day and V-E day in Europe, the U S Army was carrying on highly successful offensive operations. As a consequence, the American soldier was buoyed with success, imbued with the idea that his enemy could not strike him a really heavy counterblow, and sustained by the conviction that the war was nearly won. This volume deals with the crucial period of the European campaign conducted in the Belgian Ardennes and Luxembourg, generally known as the Battle of the Bulge.

The Origins

Planning the Counteroffensive

Troops and Terrain

Preparations

The Sixth Panzer Army Attack

The German Northern Shoulder is Jammed

Breakthrough at the Schnee Eifel

The Fifth Panzer Army Attacks the 28th Infantry Division

The Attack by the German Left Wing

The German Southern Shoulder is Jammed

The 1st Ss Panzer Division's Dash Westward, and Operation Greif

The First Attacks at St. Vith

Viii Corps Attempts to Delay the Enemy

The VII Corps Barrier Lines

The German Salient Expands to the West

One Threat Subsides; Another Emerges

St. Vith is Lost

The VII Corps Moves to Blunt the Salient

The Battle of Bastogne

The XII Corps Attacks the Southern Shoulder

The III Corps' Counterattack Toward Bastogne

The Battle Before the Meuse

The Battle Between the Salm and the Ourthe

The Third Army Offensive