The Battle For Germany Author:H. Essame Sept. 1944: THe German Armies were falling back across a wide front. The remnants of the Luftwaffe were being gathered for a last-ditch effort, but gloom and pessimismwere slowly throttling the once mighty German war machine. — ...until that fateful day in December.... — Field- Marshal von Rundstedt had reassumed the command of the German forces i... more »n the west-and now he launched one of the greatest counter compaigns in military history.It was to go down on the records as the terrifying, the unbelievably bloody Battle of the Bugle.« less