Format:
Book
Author:
Atkinson, Rick, author.
Title:
Battle of the Bulge : adapted from the guns at last light / Rick Atkinson with Kate Waters.
Edition:
First Square Fish edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Square Fish : Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
©2015
Description:
xvi, 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Summary:
An account of the Battle of the Bulge, Nazi Germany's last concerted attempt to halt the American Army advance in Europe.
Subjects:
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945 -- Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
World War, 1939-1945.
Genre:
Teen nonfiction.
Other Author:
Waters, Kate, author.
adaptation of (work) : Atkinson, Rick. Guns at last light.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 247) and index.
Contents:
Allied and Axis commands and armies engaged in the Battle of the Bulge -- World War II timeline -- Key players -- A note to readers -- The European Theater : September 1939-November 1944 -- Hitler's plan -- Zero Day : December 16, 1944 -- War in the raw --The end of the War -- Charles de Gaulle -- Changing the U.S. draft laws to supply reinforcements -- U.S. winter battle clothing -- Radio communications on the battlefield -- Tracks, tanks, and planes at the Battle of the Bulge -- Napalm and poison gas -- Winter takes its toll -- "Kilroy was here" -- Horses, mules, and dogs of war -- Signal corps -- Weapons used by infantry -- Numbers tell part of the story -- Battle of the Bulge timeline -- Glossary -- Places to visit.
ISBN:
9781250079916 (pbk.)
1250079918 (pbk.)
Other Number:
962492525
System Availability:
2
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3604588
Call Number:
940.54219348
Course Reserves:
0
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