Battle of Bulge, Vol. 1

Hans Wijers has written or edited several other accounts of World War II, including Eastern Front Combat.

• BOOK ONE: The Losheim Gap -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; U.S. Defensive Positions at the Losheim Gap; The Germans Attack; The Defense of Buchholz Station; The German Assault against the Losheimergraben Crossroads; The Hilltop at Lanzerath; Evening with the 1st Battalion, 394th Infantry; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Attacks; Losheimergraben is Lost; Nemesis at Honsfeld; The 254th Engineers Block the Road; Withdrawal toward Elsenborn; The 277th Volksgrenadier Division Continues its Attack; Conclusion to Book One. BOOK TWO: Holding the Line -- Introduction; The German Plan of Attack; American Defensive Positions; Situation on the Southern Flank of the 2nd Infantry Division; The Germans Attack; The Battle at Hofen, 16-18 December; The Withdrawal of the 2nd Infantry Division Begins; The Fight for Krinkelt-Rocherath, 17 December; The Second Attempt to Seize Krinkelt-Rocherath, 18 December; Withdrawal Toward Elsenborn; Conclusion to Book Two.