CONTENTS
LIST OF MAPS
The Siegfried Line Campaign, Sept. 11–Dec. 15, 1944
Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 16–25, 1944
ALLIED AND AXIS COMMANDS AND ARMIES ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
THE EUROPEAN THEATER: SEPTEMBER 1939–NOVEMBER 1944
Staking Everything on One Card: December 11, 1944
The Supreme Commander: December 12, 1944
The Ardennes: “It has been very quiet up here…”
The German’s Final Assembly Area: December 15, 1944
PART TWO: ZERO DAY: DECEMBER 16, 1944
“Much happening out there”: December 19, 1944
The Our River: “Hold at all costs”
“All of us, without exception, were astonished”
The Last German Airborne Operation
Sowing Hysteria Across the Western Front
A Crucial Meeting in Verdun: December 19, 1944
Bastogne: Saturday, December 23, 1944
Patton: Luxembourg City: December 24, 1944
The Last German Ground Offensive: January 1, 1945
The Internal Fight for Strasbourg
CHANGING THE U.S. DRAFT LAWS TO SUPPLY REINFORCEMENTS
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
TRACKS, TANKS, AND PLANES AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE
HORSES, MULES, AND DOGS OF WAR