St Vith: US 106th Infantry Division by Mike Tolhurst

St Vith: US 106th Infantry Division by Mike Tolhurst

Following on in the Battleground Europe series, this book is a detailed but easy to understand account of one of the opening actions of the Battle of the Bulge. It describes the tragedy that overtook the newly arrived US 106th Infantry Division on the Schnee Eifel in December 1944. St. Vith contains detailed maps of positions and graphic first hand

Shilleto, Carl: - Carl Shilleto works as a specialist battlefield guide for one of the largest coach tour firms in the UK covering areas such as Normandy, Arnhem, Nijmegen, Oosterbeck, Anzio, Salerno, and Monte Cassino. As a writer, he is a specialist on the Normandy Campaign. His other works include The Fighting Fifty-Second and Pegasus Bridge and the Merville Battery. He also writes frequently for newspapers. Mike Tolhurst is a specialist on the history of the US Army in Europe. His interest in the subject dates back fifty-five years to when his Royal Navy father piloted the craft that landed the US Rangers on Omaha Beach for their attack on the guns of Pointe du Hoc. At their first reunion after the war, the grateful Rangers officially adopted Michael Tolhurst as their mascot--a close association he has enjoyed ever since. Tolhurst is presently the archivist for the Rothschild Bank in London. He has written numerous magazine articles and is also the author of The Battle of the Bulge--First Blood.

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ISBN 13	9780850526653
ISBN 10	0850526655
Title	St Vith: US 106th Infantry Division
Author	Mike Tolhurst
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	1999-03-16
Number of pages	144
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