The Planning and Preparation for Operation Christrose
by
Timothy J. Thompson M.A.
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
At 5:30 AM, Saturday morning, December 16, 1944, more than 286,000 German soldiers, supported by 970 tanks and assault guns, and augmented by 1,900 artillery pieces, ferociously assaulted a small number of resting and recuperating American divisions along an 85 mile front of the Ardennes Forest in...