Breakthrough: The Epic Story of the Battle of the Bulge: The Greatest Pitched Battle in America's History

by Franklin M. Davis Jr

Overview

"This battle," Hitler said, "is to decide whether we shall live or die."
Skilfully, secretly, he assembled three German armies—24 divisions, 250,000 men, 970 tanks and 1900 pieces of artillery.
Taking advantage of the harsh winter, he picked a place where the Allied forces were water-thin—four American divisions and one armored cavalry regiment—and unleashed a devastating attack to annihilate the outnumbered defenders.
Thus started the greatest pitched battle ever fought by the United States in its history—the engagement that destroyed forever the myth of the vaunted superiority of the German soldier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789120301
Publisher:	Arcole Publishing
Publication date:	02/27/2018
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	163
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Franklin M. Davis, Jr. (1918-1980) was an author and a Regular Army lieutenant colonel with twenty years' service in the Cavalry and Armor branches of the U.S. Army. During World War II he participated in the Ardennes, Rhineland and Central campaigns, first as an assistant operations officer on the Corps staff and then as a tank battalion executive officer in the 3rd Armored Division.
Davis held a B.A. degree in Economics/English from the University of Massachusetts and a M.A. degree in International Affairs from George Washington University. He was the author of three novels and fifty short stories, most of them with a military background. He was a member of the faculty at the U.S. Army War College (1971-1974) and resided at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.
Davis's principal awards and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star Medal with V for Valor. His wartime service included three major campaigns in World War II in Europe, and four in the war in Vietnam.

Davis held a B.A. degree in Economics/English from the University of Massachusetts and a M.A. degree in International Affairs from George Washington University. He was the author of three novels and fifty short stories, most of them with a military background. He was a member of the faculty at the U.S. Army War College (1971-1974) and resided at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania with his wife and two sons.
Davis’s principal awards and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star Medal with V for Valor. His wartime service included three major campaigns in World War II in Europe, and four in the war in Vietnam.