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The Longest Winter

Alex Kershaw ·2004 ·289 pages ·★ 4.4WarBooks rating
Popular History Accessible Primary Sources
🇺🇸 American

Eighteen men of an intelligence platoon hold off a German battalion on the first morning of the Bulge — then vanish into POW camps.

Why Read This Book

The most decorated platoon of the war, whose stand at Lanzerath delayed Kampfgruppe Peiper a crucial day. Unknown for forty years.

Events Covered

1944 Battle of the Bulge Ardennes, Belgium

Where to Buy

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ISBN: 978-0306813047

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