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The ardennes would prove only a brief setback in the allied advance but it. Hitler s illfated final stand, from the bestselling author of stalingrad, berlin and dday. He believed he could split the allies by driving all the way to antwerp, then force the. Three armies attacked through the ardennes, the weakest point in the american lines and almost broke through. The battle of the bulge was hitlers last resort, his final gamble. On 16 december 1944, hitler launched his last gamble in the snowcovered forests and gorges of the ardennes on the belgiangerman border. He believed he could split the allies by driving all the way to antwerp, then force the canadians. Hitlers last gamble by antony beevor paperback, 560 pages.
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