Product Description

Describes the second Battle of the Bulge that almost destroyed the Alliance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #746136 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 232 pages

About the Author
Charles Whiting is Britain's most prolific military writer with over 250 books to his credit. He saw active service in the Second World War, serving in an armoured reconnaissance regiment attached to both the U.S. and British armies. He is therefore able to write with the insight and authority of someone who, as a combat soldier, actually experienced the horrors of World War II.

Customer Reviews

Operation Northwind
A thrilling fast tempo account of a desperate and sometimes brutal battle which took place in the Colmar & Strasbourg regions of France in early 1945. The author describes each sides moves in meticulous detail. it was a battle fought by two contrasting armies in that the Allies were mainly made up of green recruits while the Germans had a collection of battle hardened divisions that were under-strength and lacking in reserves.
The author also gives an excellent account of the behind the scences quaralling that went on between the French high command and the Supreme Allied Commander, who both had very different ideas as to how the battle should be handled.