A time for trumpets
Subtitle: the untold story of the Battle of the Bulge
By: Charles B. MacDonald.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Morrow
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780688039233
Subjects: Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
Notes: Bibliography: p. 682-686.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Book one : Plans and preparations.; title: The decision, the setting, and the plan; title: The deception and the intelligence apparatus; title: What did the Allies know?; title: The last few hours; title: Book two : The first day.; title: In front of St. Vith; title: The Skyline Drive; title: The Southern Shoulder; title: The Northern Shoulder; title: Reaction at the top; title: Book three : The penetrations.; title: Kampfgruppe Peiper; title: "The damned engineers"; title: The race for Bastogne : the first phase; title: The race for Bastogne : the second phase; title: The Defense of Wiltz; title: Developing crisis at St. Vith; title: Shaping the defense of St. Vith; title: Book four : The Shoulders.; title: In front of Luxembourg City; title: In defense of the Twin Villages; title: To gain the Eisenborn Ridge; title: Book five : Dams against the tide.; title: Command decisions; title: The war against Kampfgruppe Peiper; title: The last days of Kampfgruppe Peiper; title: The defense of St. Vith; title: The defense of Bastogne; title: To relieve Bastogne; title: In front of the Ourthe River; title: Crisis before the Meuse; title: Book six : The road back.; title: Crises in command; title: Erasing the Bulge; title: Epilogue; title: Author's note; title: U.S. Army regimental and battalion chart; title: Order of battle; title: Notes; title: Bibliography