The illustrated guide is recommended to readers who want to move beyond the television version of Band of Brothers and place the fighting around Bastogne on a map. Photographs and modeling references include a King Tiger abandoned after its driver reversed into village debris, a compact example of the hazards armor faced in built-up terrain. A long reading follows the 15th Panzergrenadier Division's Christmas Day attack into defenses held by American airborne troops and M18 tank destroyers. It then traces the 37th Tank Battalion under Creighton Abrams as elements of the 4th Armored Division pushed toward Bastogne and linked with the defenders. The book's combination of operational narrative, maps, and material detail makes it a useful introduction to how the siege was sustained and relieved.
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A Battle of the Bulge guide follows the relief of Bastogne
Maps, photographs, and a Christmas Day narrative trace German attacks around Bastogne and the American armored advance that broke through to the garrison.