Barkhorn1x

Fun stuff!

...and "A Bridge Too Far" is pretty good. But that Bulge movie really was crap.

Just saw this and - WOW! Great work.

My thoughts exactly!!

GREAT STUFF - as always! Thank you.

Take care Fuser.

Me too. I gotta wait till month's end!

Nice!

Excellent! TY.

But they were used in battle = Operation Nordwind in Alsace in Jan. '45 a company from a heavy JPz Abteilung equipped w/ JTs was attached to the rebuilt 17th SS PzGr Div. to give it some offensive punch. Now I doubt you would see the JT and the Sturm Tiger together. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/653rd_Heavy_Panzerj%C3%A4ger_Battalion

There is a bunch of film shot of the FJ unit in question and they are all wearing FJ helmets.

Nice job IanL.

I for one would like to see one as I find the selection process difficult to understand.

Cool battle, cool toys.

TY as I did not know this.

Spotted what I think is another error. The US get's Combat Engineers as reinforcements about 10/11 turns in. But they are labeled as Pioneers and that is the German term and not the US term.

On page 2 of the briefing it looks like the Friendly Forces and Enemy Forces paragraphs are opposite of what they should be.

Typo in the Lutrebois briefing = "34th ID has been tasked...". Should be the 35th as the 134th IR belongs to that formation. A small point I know but we do love historical accuracy. Source: http://www.history.army.mil/books/wwii/7-8/7-8_24.htm

True the artwork is usually very good. But content goes from poor to acceptable w/ only the Aircraft of the Aces and the Aviation Elite series rising above the acceptable level. Th

Amazing!

Welcome back. I I've read four Osprey "Duel" series books to date and I find them to be very poor overall and not worth the $$.

Me too. I laughed when his Jumbo '76 immobilized and then his Jumbo flame lost it's optics to the Flak panzer. A run of BAD luck there!

OK boss. No offense intended.

...and there is a new book by Antony Beevor with a very similar title: "Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble". Don't have much info on this boo as it was published in Dec. Here is a review from the New York Times Book Review. Be warned as it shows the NYTs pet obsessions; an emphasis on war crimes, the common man and a refusal to recognize heroism from straight white males. (One wonders how differently they would view WWII if Eisenhower was a black trannie.) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/books/review/antony-beevors-ardennes-1944.html?WT.mc_id=2016-KWP-AUD_DEV&WT.mc_ev=click&ad-keywords=AUDDEVREMARK&kwp_0=85380&kwp_4=452772&kwp_1=254596&_r=1 http://www.amazon.com/Ardennes-1944-Hitlers-21-May-2015-Hardcover/dp/B011T6NFSW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1452955771&sr=8-4&keywords=Hitlers+last+gamble

Surprised no one list "Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of the Bulge, Dec 1944-Jan 1945" by Trevor Dupuy. Despite its "pulpy" title it is a super detailed account that approaches the subject matter from an operational level systems perspective. It includes many maps and 130+ page appendixes on the TO&Es and doctrines of the armies involved. It is a bit dry and perhaps overly detailed at times. I view it as a good companion to "A Time for Trumpets" as they compliment each other due to their different approaches to the subject matter. http://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Last-Gamble-December-1944-January/dp/0060166274/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1452955771&sr=8-2&keywords=Hitlers+last+gamble