Osprey's first title examining the Battle of the Bulge, which was the
largest and most costly battle fought by the US Army in World War II
(1939-1945). The Ardennes fighting was Hitler's last gamble on the
Western Front, crippling the Wehrmacht for the remainder of the war. In
the first of two volumes on the Ardennes campaign Steven Zaloga details
the fighting in the northern sector around St Vith and the Elsenborn
Ridge. Sixth Panzer Army, containing the bulk of German Panzer strength,
was expected to achieve the breakthrough here. It was the failure around
St Vith that forced the Germans to look south towards Bastogne.