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Corps commanders of the Bulge : six American generals and victory in the Ardennes / Harold R. Winton ; foreword by Dennis Showalter.

Winton, Harold R., 1942- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780700615087
ISBN: 0700615083
Physical Description: xxiii, 504 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-474) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Prologue. Toward an American philosophy of command ; The making of six corps commanders ; The coming of the Bulge -- Phase I: German initiative in action. The Germans attack, the Allies react ; V Corps halts the German Schwerpunkt ; VIII Corps slows the flood ; XVIII (Airborne) Corps stands in the breach ; III, XII, and VII Corps prepare for battle -- Phase II: initiative in flux. The struggle for initiative: tension in the Allied camp ; III, VIII, and XII Corps fight for initiative in the south ; XVIII (Airborne), VII, and V Corps fight for initiative in the north -- Phase III: American initiative in action. Closing the Bulge: more tension in the Allied camp ; VII, XVIII (Airborne), and V Corps close the Bulge from the north ; VIII, III, and XII Corps close the Bulge from the south -- Epilogue. Conclusions and epilogue.