Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Citizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose

Author:Stephen E. Ambrose
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Campaigns, World War II, 20th Century, Military - World War II, 1939-1945, United States, History - Military, Soldiers, Biography & Autobiography, Military, Military - United States, World War, Western Front, War, History
ISBN: 9780606251372
Publisher: Demco Media
Published: 2002-09-15T05:00:00+00:00


Chapter Seven

The Ardennes: December 16-19, 1944

WHEN THE Americans reached the German border, their best intelligence sources dried up. Inside Germany the Wehrmacht used secure telephone lines rather than radio, which rendered Ultra, the British deciphering device, deaf and blind. Weather kept reconnaissance aircraft on the ground. And in the Ardennes patrols were rare and seldom aggressive, as each side was willing to leave the other alone so long as things stayed quiet. There the line had been stagnant for two months.



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