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Author Kershaw, Alex, author.

Title The longest winter : the Battle of the Bulge and the epic story of WWII's most decorated platoon / Alex Kershaw.

Edition First Da Capo Press edition.
Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1058599~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  940.5421 KER    DUE 04-22-24
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Description xi, 326 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary On the morning of December 16, 1944, eighteen men of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance platoon attached to the 99th Infantry Division found themselves directly in the path of the main thrust of Hitler's massive Ardennes offensive. Despite being vastly outnumbered, they were told to hold their position "at all costs." Throughout the day, the platoon repulsed three large German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing hundreds of German soldiers. Only when they had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. But their long winter was just beginning.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-317) and index.
Subject Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons -- Belgium.
ISBN 0306813041
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