No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle For Bastogne
Nov 2012 · Sold by Penguin
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On Christmas morning, 1944, there was little reason to celebrate.…
As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American solders—including the famed 101st Airborne division, tank destroyer crews, engineers, and artillerymen—was completely surrounded by Hitler’s armies in the Belgian town of Bastogne. Taking the town was imperative to Hitler’s desperate plan to drive back the Allies and turn the tide of the war. The attack would come just before dawn.
As the outnumbered, undersupplied Americans gathered in church for services or shivered in their snow-covered foxholes on the fringes of the front lines, freshly reinforced German forces of men and tanks attacked. The battle was up close and personal, with the cold, exhausted soldiers of both armies fighting for every square foot of frozen earth.
In the end, the Allied forces would hold the town of Bastogne, with the hard-won victory boosting morale and sounding the death-knell for Hitler’s Third Reich. After this battle, the Nazis would never go on the offensive again.
Featuring interviews with the soldiers who were there, as well as never-before-seen or translated documents, No Silent Night is a compelling chronicle of one day that changed the course of the war—and the world.
INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS AND MAPS
As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American solders—including the famed 101st Airborne division, tank destroyer crews, engineers, and artillerymen—was completely surrounded by Hitler’s armies in the Belgian town of Bastogne. Taking the town was imperative to Hitler’s desperate plan to drive back the Allies and turn the tide of the war. The attack would come just before dawn.
As the outnumbered, undersupplied Americans gathered in church for services or shivered in their snow-covered foxholes on the fringes of the front lines, freshly reinforced German forces of men and tanks attacked. The battle was up close and personal, with the cold, exhausted soldiers of both armies fighting for every square foot of frozen earth.
In the end, the Allied forces would hold the town of Bastogne, with the hard-won victory boosting morale and sounding the death-knell for Hitler’s Third Reich. After this battle, the Nazis would never go on the offensive again.
Featuring interviews with the soldiers who were there, as well as never-before-seen or translated documents, No Silent Night is a compelling chronicle of one day that changed the course of the war—and the world.
INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN PHOTOS AND MAPS
On Christmas morning, 1944, there was little reason to celebrate.…
As the Battle of the Bulge raged, a small force of American solders—including the famed 101st Airborne division, tank destroyer crews, engineers, and artillerymen—was completely surrounded by Hitler’s armies in the Belgian town ...
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Leo Barron works for General Dynamics as an instructor of military intelligence officers for the U.S. Army. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history, and has served with the 101st Airborne. Barron has seen two tours of active duty in Iraq as an infantry and intelligence officer. His articles about Bastogne and other WWII-related military topics have appeared in Infantry Magazine, Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, WWII History Magazine, and WWII Magazine.
Don Cygan is a Colorado-based author and historian. Cygan worked for several years as a daily newspaper reporter and also free-lanced for several Denver-area publications. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and has a Masters in Communication from Denver University and a Masters in Military History from Norwich University. He served in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.Currently, Cygan is a professor of history at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado. No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne is his first book.
Don Cygan is a Colorado-based author and historian. Cygan worked for several years as a daily newspaper reporter and also free-lanced for several Denver-area publications. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the University of Northern Colorado and has a Masters in Communication from Denver University and a Masters in Military History from Norwich University. He served in the U.S. Army and Colorado Army National Guard during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm.Currently, Cygan is a professor of history at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, Colorado. He lives in Evergreen, Colorado. No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne is his first book.
Leo Barron works for General Dynamics as an instructor of military intelligence officers for the U.S. Army. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history, and has served with the 101st Airborne. Barron has seen two tours of active duty in Iraq as an infantry and intelligence officer. His...
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