Holding the Line: The 51st Engineer Combat Battalion and the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945 - Softcover

Hechler, Ken

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ISBN 10: 1410219623 ISBN 13: 9781410219626

Verlag: University Press of the Pacific, 2005

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On 16 December 1944, when the 51st Engineer Combat Battalion faced the Germans' last gasp effort to win the war, it had been operating 30 sawmills in support of the First United States Army. Within days the battalion was spread over the Belgian countryside, defending roads, bridges, and towns from the Nazi attempt to break through to the Meuse River and to split the British and American forces. The men set up roadblocks, using mines and abatis; mined bridges and culverts; and defended river crossings with machine guns, recoilless rifles, and bazookas. This narrative by Ken Hechler, a combat historian and Infantry captain at the time, was drawn from numerous oral history interviews of participants. Captain Hechler and Technician Fourth Class Harvey R. George did the interviews shortly after the battles.

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• Verlag: University Press of the Pacific
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1410219623
• ISBN 13: 9781410219626
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 76