No Less Than Victory by Jeff Shaara

Author:Jeff Shaara [Shaara, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Historical, War & Military, Historical Fiction, World War; 1939-1945, Historical fiction; American
ISBN: 9780345497925
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2009-11-01T00:00:00+00:00

All across Patton’s front lines, the pressure on the Germans began to take its toll. Despite the effectiveness of German counterattacks, the combination of airpower and added American strength on the ground finally wore down their resistance. Village after village fell to the American advance, German commanders responding the only way they could to preserve any fighting strength at all. They began to withdraw.

Patton’s Fourth Armored Division, commanded by his former chief of staff Hugh Gaffey, was still struggling to force a breakthrough into Bastogne. Though only a few miles from the perimeter of the town, Gaffey’s tanks continued to meet heavy resistance, and sharp tank battles erupted throughout the farms, villages, and patches of thick woodlands. To the east of Bastogne, nearer the base of the bulge, Patton kept up the relentless pressure. Increasing numbers of American units, the Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, and Eightieth divisions, were all gaining momentum. Throughout Christmas Day, the Americans pressed on, the Germans conceding ground. Patton knew, with complete certainty, it was only a matter of time.

BRADLEY’S HEADQUARTERS, LUXEMBOURG CITY CHRISTMAS NIGHT, 1944

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