Flames of War: Bulge: American Forces on the Western Front, 1944-45 (Hardcover)

The snow was falling heavily and visibility was minimal as Corporal Berletti peered from hisfoxhole. He searched the neat rows of trees, scanning for movement. The Germans were outthere somewhere, he had heard noises, scrunches of boots on snow, the rustle of foliage, andthe occasional snap of a twig, but no sightings. Just as he turned his head to scan right he caughtsome movement out of the corner of his eye. He turned his attention left and saw them emergingout of the snowy gloom, several white figures stalking carefully towards his platoons position.

He whistled, bringing the attention of the platoon to the approaching Germans. A burst of .30 calmachine-gun fire reassured Berletti the platoon had got his message. Then all hell broke loose asthe rest of the platoon opened fire.

The Germans advanced as the platoons fire took its toll, dropping white-clade figures all acrosstheir front. Still, the Germans kept coming.

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By September 1944 and the Allies have stormed across France. Pattons Third Army was poised to strike into Germany itself, with the 4th Armored Division in the lead. Hitlers new Panzer Brigades were diverted to meet the Americans in the Lorraine.

By early December 1944 it seemed unlikely that the Germans would attack. On 16 December that illusion was shattered when the might of German Sixth Panzer Army smashed into the thinly-held US lines in the Ardennes forests. In the central sector, the Germans approached the town of Bastogne on 19 December, defended by the veteran 101st Airborne Division. What followed was an epic seven day struggle. On 26 December the siege was broken by the arrival of the 4th Armored Division.

After the Ardennes, the US Army turned its attention to crossing the Rhine into the German heartland. Leading the march of the US First Army is the 9th Armored Division and in early March 1945 they cross Remagens Ludendorff Bridge across the Rhine.

INSIDE YOU WILL FIND:

• Background on the US Army during liberation of France, the Battle of the Bulge, and the battle for Germany.
• Instructions on how to build a Veteran M4 Sherman (Late) Tank Company, Veteran M24 Chaffee Tank Company, M4 Sherman (Late) Tank Company, M24 Chaffee Tank Company,
  Battle Weary Armoured Rifle Company, Battle Weary Rifle Company, Bastogne Parachute Rifle Company, Bastogne Glider Rifle Company, M18 Tank Destroyer Company, and M36 Tank
  Destroyer Company.
• A Painting and Basing guide.
• Three new Bulge themed Missions.
• Fog and Winter Weather rules.