Bibliograph

11 days in December, Christmas at the Bulge, 1944, Stanley Weintraub

Type

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11 days in December, Christmas at the Bulge, 1944, Stanley Weintraub

Language

eng

resource.accompanyingMatter

libretto or text

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not applicable

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Literary text for sound recordings

other

Main title

11 days in December

Oclc number

123801063

Responsibility statement

Stanley Weintraub

Sub title

Christmas at the Bulge, 1944

Summary

"11 Days in December: Christmas at the Bulge, 1944" tells the dramatic story of one of the grimmest points of World War II and its Christmas Eve turning toward victory. In December 1944, the Allied forces thought their campaign for securing Europe was in its final stages. Hitler's army had retreated, and Eisenhower and his generals expected to finish him off once the snow melted. Yet Germany had one last great surprise attack still planned. Hitler's secretly massed forces suddenly broke through Allied lines in the Ardennes Forest and threatened to recover much of Belgium and beyond. This was the start of some of the most intense fighting in World War II: the Battle of the Bulge. Alone in a chapel on December 23, 1944, after ten days of horrific weather conditions and warfare, General Patton famously asked God, "Sir, whose side are you on?"

Target audience

general

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not applicable

resource.variantTitle

Eleven days in December

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