#Battle of the bulge map animation series#

#Battle of the bulge map animation series#

MacDonald wrote the final volume of the Green Series on the European Theatre, ''The Last Offensive''. His first book, ''Company Commander'', was published in 1947, while his wartime experiences were fresh in his mind. MacDonald received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. By September 1944, as a 21 year old Captain, he commanded a rifle company in the 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. He wrote several of the Army's official histories of World War II.ДЄfter graduating from Presbyterian College, MacDonald was commissioned as a US Army officer through the Army ROTC and deployed to Europe. MacDonald was a former Deputy Chief Historian for the United States Army. Mingling firsthand experience with the insights of a distinguished historian, MacDonald places this profound human drama unforgettably on the landscape of history.Д¬harles B. His account of this unique battle is exhaustively researched, honestly recounted, and movingly authentic in its depiction of hand-to-hand combat. A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America's most respected military historians, who was also an eyewitness: MacDonald commanded a rifle company in the Battle of the Bulge. Army - a triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence. The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler's last desperate effort of the war. In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S.

forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impossible - total surprise. On December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S.