The unknown dead : civilians in the Battle of the Bulge / Peter Schrijvers.
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 sam...
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| Other title: | Wreed als ijs. English. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Dutch |
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2005.
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| Series: | UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books.
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 081317208X 9780813172088 9780813137582 0813137586 9780813134826 081313482X |