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I know you are a professor at a college but WWII has always been my main interest. Feel free to pick my brain.
Sheila, The Huertgen Forest works, but you might also consider the Ardennes, site of the Battle of the Bulge. The survivors of the bloody battle of the Huertgen were sent to the Ardennes to recuperate, reinforce, and refit in what was thought to be a quiet bywater of the war. Instead it was the gateway (again) for Hitler to push into the West on December 16 1944. The battle raged for a month. Charles B. Macdonald, who fought in the battle, has written two great accounts. The first is Company Commander, his role at the time, and A Time for Trumpets. The latter provides a broader perspective of the battle, but provides some intimate detail on the battle itself. It was, and is, a most impressive setting for a combat narrative.
Thank you for this! I’ll look up those sources!
Look up Anti-partisan operations against French Resistance in south of France. Also German attempt to capture Tito in Yugoslavia. Finnish units decimated Soviets in 1939 Winter War. And of course the huge battles of encirclement in Russia. Bypassed units tried to fight their way out. Germans did not win all battles against Poles in 1939. If you are interested I would have to look that one up more.
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Sheila, The Huertgen Forest works, but you might also consider the Ardennes, site of the Battle of the Bulge. The survivors of the bloody battle of the Huertgen were sent to the Ardennes to recuperate, reinforce, and refit in what was thought to be a quiet bywater of the war. Instead it was the gateway (again) for Hitler to push into the West on December 16 1944. The battle raged for a month. Charles B. Macdonald, who fought in the battle, has written two great accounts. The first is Company Commander, his role at the time, and A Time for Trumpets. The latter provides a broader perspective of the battle, but provides some intimate detail on the battle itself. It was, and is, a most impressive setting for a combat narrative.
Thank you for this! I’ll look up those sources!
Look up Anti-partisan operations against French Resistance in south of France. Also German attempt to capture Tito in Yugoslavia. Finnish units decimated Soviets in 1939 Winter War. And of course the huge battles of encirclement in Russia. Bypassed units tried to fight their way out. Germans did not win all battles against Poles in 1939. If you are interested I would have to look that one up more.
