| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books
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| Contents |
The northern shoulder -- The Peiper breakthrough -- Closing in on St. Vith -- The race for Bastogne -- The Houffalize corridor -- The southern shoulder -- The fall of St. Vith -- The siege of Bastogne -- Between the Salm and the Ourthe -- Between the Ourthe and the Meuse -- Counterattack from the south -- Lifting the siege of Bastogne -- Eliminating the bulge |
| Summary |
Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accounts, however, are references to the civilians in Belgium and Luxembourg who lost their lives in the same battle. Yet the most reliable current estimates calculate the number of civilians who perished in the Ardennes in six weeks of fighting at approximately three thousand. In gruesome detail, The Unknown Dead tells the story of ordinary people caught up in the maelstrom of war. Renowned historian Pe |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English translation of Dutch original |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Belgium
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Luxembourg
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Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Belgian
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Civilian war casualties -- Belgium
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Civilian war casualties -- Luxembourg
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Battle casualties
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Civilian war casualties
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Belgium
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Luxembourg
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
081317208X |
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9780813172088 |
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9780813137582 |
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0813137586 |
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9780813134826 |
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081313482X |
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