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44 : In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes (West Wall Series) (Charles Whiting ""West Wall"" Series)
44 In Combat from Normandy to the Ardennes - West Wall Series - Charles Whiting ""West Wall"" Series Author:Charles Whiting Volume 2 in the West Wall Series. The Allied armies closed in on Germany's West Wall fortifications during the Winter of 1944, after much hard fighting but with a seemingly uninterrupted string of victories. The German surprise attack of December 16, culminating in the Battle of the Bulge, revealed surprising inter-Allied strains and morale prob... more »lems among the troops. Charles Whiting, a noted World War II historian who actually served in this campaign, is among the few to cover the dark side of the advance from Omaha to Bastogne. Whiting's detailed account of the 1944 campaign gives unprecedented coverage to behind-the-scenes rivalry between and within the Allied armies. The undermining of the morale of the average soldier (there were 100,000 Allied desertions between Normandy and the Bulge) by combat, fatigue, illness, and the endless waiting between battles is described from original sources. All of the obstacles faced by the fighting men in World War II's final campaign are covered here for the first time by a participant who is not afraid to tell the truth.« less