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092    940.5421934|bBEE 
100 1  Beevor, Antony,|d1946-|eauthor. 
245 10 ARDENNES 1944 :|bTHE BATTLE OF THE BULGE /|cby Antony 
       Beevor. 
250    Large print edition. 
263    1511 
264  1 Waterville, Maine :|bThorndike Press,|c2015. 
300    807 pages (large print) ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
340    |nlarge print|2rda. 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day
       and Stalingrad reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in 
       this riveting new account On December 16, 1944, Hitler 
       launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and
       gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could 
       split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and 
       forcing the Canadians and the British out of the war. 
       Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger 
       officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their 
       homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red 
       Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the 
       prospect of striking back.The allies, taken by surprise, 
       found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian 
       civilians abandoned their homes, justifiably afraid of 
       German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris. While some 
       American soldiers, overwhelmed by the German onslaught, 
       fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating 
       breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh 
       winter conditions and the savagery of the battle became 
       comparable to the Eastern Front. In fact the Ardennes 
       became the Western Front's counterpart to Stalingrad. 
       There was terrible ferocity on both sides, driven by 
       desperation and revenge, in which the normal rules of 
       combat were breached. The Ardennes--involving more than a 
       million men--would prove to be the battle which finally 
       broke the back of the Wehrmacht. In this deeply researched
       work, with striking insights into the major players on 
       both sides, Antony Beevor gives us the definitive account 
       of the Ardennes offensive which was to become the greatest
       battle of World War II. 
650  0 Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945. 
655  7 Large type books. 
775 08 |iReproduction of (manifestation) :|aBeevor, Antony, 1946-
       |tArdennes 1944|dGreat Britain : Viking, an imprint of 
       Penguin Random House UK, 2015. 
830  0 Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative 
       nonfiction.