Traditional accounts of the Battle of the Bulge have not told the whole story. This book chronicles the sacrifice of one valiant regiment the 110th of the 28th Infantry Division and assorted support troops - including clerks, cooks, quartermaster troops, and bandsmen - in their attempt to hold off the drive of four German divisions toward Bastogne, Belgium. It is the bloody saga of American GI 's willing to trade their lives for time so that reinforcements could occupy the vital crossroads at Bastogne to thwart the surprise winter 1944 German offensive that threatened to turn the tide of war in Europe.

Battle of the Bulge

The situation -- Attack! -- Weiler is overwhelmed -- Hosingen besieged -- 2nd Panzer drives for Clervaux -- End of the first day : still holding -- Fuller's counterattack fails -- Holding, but just barely -- 1st Battalion is kaput -- Holzthum is lost -- Confontation at Consthum -- The Alamo all over again -- The front disintegrates -- Hosingen and Consthum fall -- Retreat to Wiltz -- 9th Armored meets the 2nd Panzer -- Team Cherry at Longvilly -- Team O'Hara fulfills its mission -- Team Desobry's turn in the meat grinder -- Noville is lost -- Wiltz must be held -- Disaster at Wiltz -- Retreat once more -- Massacre at Cafe Schumann -- No way out -- Colonel Strickler's odyssey -- Down but not out.