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Battle Of Hurtgen Forest
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
Battle Of Hurtgen Forest
Contributors:
By (Author) Charles Whiting
Publisher:
Hachette Books
Imprint:
Da Capo Press Inc
Publication Date:
22nd November 2000
UK Publication Date:
22nd November 2000
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
General
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
940.54213
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
312
Dimensions:
Width 229mm, Height 155mm, Spine 30mm
Weight:
1340g
Description
The U. S. Army regards the Hurtgen Forest as one of the most desperate battles it has ever fought. Flanking the key German city of Aachen, the forest was one of the formidable natural barriers interspersed with German fortifications in the West Wall in September 1944.
Author Bio
Charles Whiting served with a reconnaisance outfit in WWII and has since become one of the premier historians of the war. Among his many best-selling works are Patton, The Last Assault, and Death on a Distant Frontier. He currently lives in York, England.
