Battle of the Ardennes - World War II's most Desparate Battle

Robert E Merriam

First Edition 1958

The beginning of December, 1944, found the Germans at their last gasp.  Or so thought the Allies.  They thought that the terrible losses suffered since the D-Day Landings must make surrender inevitable.  Before first light on 16 December 1944, the Sector known as the Ardennes was struck by two German panzer armies moving with their old paralysing surprise and speed.  The author, who served in the battle and was chief of the U.S. Army Historical Division provides an account of the battle based not only on original reports and diaries, but also on the post mortem interviews with the generals involved, both German and Allied

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