Crossing the Zorn
Author | : Edward Monroe-Jones |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2010-03-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780786456789 |
ISBN-13 | : 0786456787 |
Rating | : 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Download or read book Crossing the Zorn written by Edward Monroe-Jones and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived in desperation after the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, Germany's Operation Nordwind culminated in the frozen Alsatian fields surrounding the Zorn River. In what was expected to be an easy offensive, the German 10th Waffen SS Panzer Division attacked the American 12th Armored Division near the villages of Herrlisheim and Weyersheim. Neither army foresaw the savage violence that ensued. Combining the vivid eyewitness accounts of veterans from both sides of the conflict with information gleaned from a variety of long-unavailable print sources, this richly detailed history casts a fascinating light on a little-known but crucial battle in the Second World War. Common stalwart German and American soldiers carried out near-impossible orders.