{"product_id":"the-battle-of-the-bulge-patrick-delaforce-9781783463596","title":"The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Final Gamble","description":"By late 1944 the Allies were poised to smash the Siegfried Line and break into Germany. Supply lines were shorter thanks to the port of Antwerp. Arnhem aside, there had been a long run of victories and there was no intelligence even from ULTRA to suggest a German counteroffensive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo the major December attack through the mountainous Ardennes by massed Panzers and infantry took the Allies totally by surprise. Fog and low cloud negated the Allies' air supremacy, English-speaking German commandos in captured jeeps created panic and withdrawal of US forces became a near rout with morale all but broken. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor ten days the situation worsened and Antwerp was seriously threatened and 21st Army Group in danger of being cut off. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClear skies for the Thunderbolts and coherent counterattacks by rapidly deployed reinforcements turned the tide in the nick of time, so preventing a catastrophic defeat for the Allies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll this and more is graphically narrated in this fine study of a pivotal battle, that so nearly changed the course of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Delaforce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783463597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783463596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Patrick Delaforce","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984296509695,"sku":"9781783463596","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73d864a0-7564-4d8a-8bfe-6f9a34b635f1.jpg?v=1683271576","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-battle-of-the-bulge-patrick-delaforce-9781783463596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}