from Shrike58

Though if one wanted to just read a "lines-on-the-map" campaign history you might be better off with Trevor Dupuy's "Hitler's Last Gamble," I came away impressed with this wide-ranging narrative that seeks to place the campaign in a wide range of contexts; tactical, operational, strategic and bey...

from 4bonasa

The definitive work on the Battle of the Bulge. A must read by anyone with a family member who fought in the battle, on either side.

from FalkeEins

Probably the best recent history of the battle. I rate 'Snow And Steel' pretty highly because the author has made use of all the material written since the 1980s and Macdonald's " A Time for Tumpets". Many myths have been busted and new information unearthed in recent decades ( by authors and his...

from dsha67

I finished Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45 by Peter Caddick-Adams and he hit a homerun on this history of the Battle of the Bulge, I give a lot of 3-4 star ratings but I believe this is a 5. So many history are big picture histories of the bulge but this book slams for me the de...

from gregdehler

It was the greatest battle in US army history. US troops did not completely crumble as many accounts and movies depict. Many US soldiers fought very tough and bravely. US took a while to figure out that there was a huge and coordinated German offensive underway. Normandy was a huge loss to the Ge...