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Christmas, 1944. The weakest sector of the American line is getting ready to celebrate the Yuletide when Nazi Germany, like a second-Mordor, disgorged multiple armies no one knew Hitler even had into the green American troops. The tide of steel was overwhelming. Hundreds of thousands of men would die. Hundreds of thousands of mothers would weep. And the Devil laughed because it was his best Christmas ever. The battle is the Battle of the Bulge – the bloodiest battle in American military history. It’s all here and it’s all free, our gift to you in this most holy time where the bird of dawning sings all night long and no spirit dare stir abroad. But with our battle tonight we’ll make the planets strike.
The beer this episode is Winter Lager by our favorite Patriots, Samuel Adams Brewing Company. 4.5 bullets out of five.Download the show here: download
Battle Maps
References
Battle of the Bulge Volumes 1 and 2 by Hans Wijers
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose
The Second World War by John Keegan
The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
Atlas of the Second World War by John Keegan
Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge by Antony Beevor
Battle – The Story of the Bulge by John Toland
A Time for Trumpets by Charles Macdonald
By Dr. Luke Wolf4.1
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Christmas, 1944. The weakest sector of the American line is getting ready to celebrate the Yuletide when Nazi Germany, like a second-Mordor, disgorged multiple armies no one knew Hitler even had into the green American troops. The tide of steel was overwhelming. Hundreds of thousands of men would die. Hundreds of thousands of mothers would weep. And the Devil laughed because it was his best Christmas ever. The battle is the Battle of the Bulge – the bloodiest battle in American military history. It’s all here and it’s all free, our gift to you in this most holy time where the bird of dawning sings all night long and no spirit dare stir abroad. But with our battle tonight we’ll make the planets strike.
The beer this episode is Winter Lager by our favorite Patriots, Samuel Adams Brewing Company. 4.5 bullets out of five.Download the show here: download
Battle Maps
References
Battle of the Bulge Volumes 1 and 2 by Hans Wijers
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose
The Second World War by John Keegan
The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw
Atlas of the Second World War by John Keegan
Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge by Antony Beevor
Battle – The Story of the Bulge by John Toland
A Time for Trumpets by Charles Macdonald

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