On the 16th of December, 1944, in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, the German army attacked American Allied forces, launching a final bid to turn the tide of World War II.
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A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.
His many other awards include a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, the George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award.
About the Author: Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history), The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light, among others.
This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum.
A historical exploration of World War II\'s Battle of the Bulge from Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times-bestselling author Rick Atkinson.
Whether history buffs or newcomers to the topic, Young Readers will appreciate the author\'s clear and accessible prose, as well as the many fascinating facts, photographs, and statistics. an ever-famous American victory." Atkinson skillfully guides his audience through the attacks and counterattacks, the advances and retreats of this terrible bloodbath. . .
Sir Winston Churchill called it "the greatest American Battle of the war and .
Lasting more than a month, it led to tens of thousands of casualties.
Thus began the long, hard slog of a Battle that was nicknamed by the media as the Battle of the Bulge.
On the 16th of December, 1944, in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, the German army attacked American Allied forces, launching a final bid to turn the tide of World War II