The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest...
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Author: Alex Kershaw
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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon by Kershaw, Alex

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

$30.58

The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon

$30.58
Author: Alex Kershaw
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The epic story of the vastly outnumbered platoon that stopped Germany's leading assault in the Ardennes forest and prevented Hitler's most fearsome tanks from overtaking American positions

On a cold morning in December, 1944, deep in the Ardennes forest, a platoon of eighteen men under the command of twenty-year-old lieutenant Lyle Bouck were huddled in their foxholes trying desperately to keep warm. Suddenly, the early morning silence was broken by the roar of a huge artillery bombardment and the dreadful sound of approaching tanks. Hitler had launched his bold and risky offensive against the Allies-his "last gamble"-and the small American platoon was facing the main thrust of the entire German assault. Vastly outnumbered, they repulsed three German assaults in a fierce day-long battle, killing over five hundred German soldiers and defending a strategically vital hill. Only when Bouck's men had run out of ammunition did they surrender to the enemy. As POWs, Bouck's platoon began an ordeal far worse than combat-survive in captivity under trigger-happy German guards, Allied bombing raids, and a daily ration of only thin soup. In German POW camps, hundreds of captured Americans were either killed or died of disease, and most lost all hope. But the men of Bouck's platoon survived-miraculously, all of them. Once again in vivid, dramatic prose, Alex Kershaw brings to life the story of some of America's little-known heroes-the story of America's most decorated small unit, an epic story of courage and survival in World War II, and one of the most inspiring stories in American history.

Author: Alex Kershaw
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 10/25/2005
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780306814402


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 03/01/2006 pg. 39

About the Author
Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed bestsellers The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and Escape from the Deep, among others. He lives in Massachusetts.

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