The German winter counteroffensive of December 1944-January 1945 with a detailed description of German plans and Allied efforts to eliminate the bulge in their lines.

Originally published: 1965. Shipping list no.: 1994-9093-P. "50th anniversary commemorative edition"--Cover.

The origins -- Planning the counteroffensive -- Troops and terrain -- Preparations -- The Sixth Panzer Army attack -- The German northern shoulder is jammed -- Breakthrough at the Schnee Eifel -- The Fifth Panzer Army attacks the 28th Infantry Division -- The attack by the German left wing: 16-20 December -- The German southern shoulder is jammed -- The 1st SS Panzer Division's dash westward, and OPERATION GREIF -- The First attacks at St. Vith -- VIII Corps attempts to delay the enemy -- The VIII Corps barrier lines -- The German salient expands to the west -- One threat subsides; another emerges -- St. Vith is lost -- The VII Corps moves to blunt the salient -- The Battle of Bastogne -- The XII Corps attacks the southern shoulder -- The III Corps' counterattack toward Bastogne -- The battle before the Meuse -- The battle between the Salm and the Ourthe: 24 Decmeber-2 January -- The Third Army offensive -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: table of equivalent ranks -- Appendix B: recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross. Map I. Ardennes counteroffensive: the German Plan, December 1944 -- map II. Sixth Panzer Army attack, 16-19 December 1994 -- map III. LXVI Corps attacks the 106th Infantry Division, 16-19 December 1944 -- map IV. Fifth Panzer Army attacks the 28th Infantry Division, 16-19 December 1944 -- map V. Seventh Army attack, 16-19 December 1944 -- map VI. Bastogne, 19-23 December 1944 -- map VII. XVIII Airborne Corps sector, 21-23 December 1944 -- map VIII. Between the Salm and the Meuse, 24-27 December 1944 -- map IX. Southern Shoulder, 22-26 December 1944 -- X. Widening the Bastogne Corridor, 24 December 1944 - 2 January 1945.