num_pages: 64
description: From the earliest planning stages of the German counter-offensive in the Ardennes during World War II (1939-1945), Hitler was convinced of the importance of taking the Meuse bridges. He resolved that, when his forces broke through the US lines, one special unit should be dressed in American uniforms and issued with American weapons and vehicles. In this guise they could take advantage of the surprise and shock of the breakthrough, and move forward to the Meuse bridges as if they were retreating Americans. Jean-Paul Pallud details their organisation and the fateful sequence of events that followed.
language: English
title: Ardennes 1944 Peiper & Skorzeny
titlecomplete: Ardennes 1944 Peiper & Skorzeny
genres: Nonfiction, World War II, History, Germany, 20th Century, Military History
ratings_count: 16
series: Osprey Elite
publisher: Osprey Publishing, Limited