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Hi all. I'm off to the Ardennes for a battlefield tour in early July. Probably have time to get a few books in before then, so what would you all recommend please?  Nearly finished Anthony Beevors Ardennes 1944, and have Charles Macdonalds The battle Of The Bulge. Cheers

 

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Are you just looking for historical narratives or also first hand accounts? There are some eyewitness accounts that feature a chapter on the Battle of the Bulge (of course often it's not more than a few pages...) available relatively cheaply via kindle. E.g.

  • William F. Meller, Bloody Roads to Germany
  • Michael C. Bilder, A Foot Soldier for Patton
  • George Wilson, If You Survive

 

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Charles MacDonald's book was the best I have read, though Anthony Beevor's recent was also very good.  MacDonald was a company commander at the bulge (see his book Company Commander) and wrote a number of very good books on WW2. 

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I'm halfway through Anthony Beevors book now, and really enjoying it. The itinerary for the tour is:-

day 1 and 2 - following the route of Kampfgruppe Peiper

day 3 - Malmedy massacre

day 4 - British 30 Corps operations

 

Does anyone know of any good maps or atlases showing day to day troop positions? When reading i like to refer to a map to see where exactly everything is

 

cheers

 

slipper

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some my own recommendations would also be:

Gaul´s .- The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg

The Southern Flank, December 1944-January 1945 (The Germans, Vol 1)
The Southern Flank, December 1944-January 1945 (The Americans, Vol 2)

 

I´d also not miss Coles´ free book available online:

https://history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-8-1/index.html

 

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The Battle of The Bulge, by John Toland, Random House, 1966.


Skorzeny’s Secret Missions, by Otto Skorzeny, translated by Jacques Le Clercq, Dutton,
1951.


Hitler’s Ardennes Offensive: The German View of The Battle of The Bulge, by Danny
Parker, Green Hill Books, 1997.


A Time for Trumpets, by Charles B. MacDonald, Quill, 1985.


World War II, by Ivor Matanle, Quadrillion, 1989.


The Battle of the Bulge, by William Goolrick, Time-Life Books, 1979.


Tanks of World War Two, by Chris Ellis, 1981
 

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