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Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble / (Record no. 35197)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780670918645
Qualifying information Hardback
Terms of availability 34.65
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System control number (Nz-Kotui)3351901
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System control number (OCoLC)906816704
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System control number (Nz)15893634
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Original cataloging agency NZ-GlWB
Transcribing agency NZ-GlWB
Modifying agency WMTP
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Beevor, Antony.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble /
Statement of responsibility, etc Antony Beevor
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc London :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin Books Ltd ,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2015
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 480 p. ;
Dimensions 234 x 153mm
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Hardback
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This is from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes. He believed he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp, then force the Canadians and the British out of the war. Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the prospect of striking back. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe. American troops, taken by surprise, found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian civilians fled, justifiably afraid of German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris. While many American soldiers fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh winter conditions and the savagery of the battle became comparable to the eastern front. And after massacres by the Waffen-SS, even American generals approved when their men shot down surrendering Germans. The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht. Revealing, profound and thoroughly unputdownable, Stalingrad is an extraordinary achievement which transcends its genre. (Vitali Vitaliev, Daily Telegraph (on Stalingrad)). This brilliant storyteller...makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own: that is his gift. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched and beautifully written. (Simon Sebag Montefiore, Spectator (on Berlin)). This is a terrific, inspiring, heart-breaking book. It makes the argument all over again that the world would be an infinitely better place if it didn't keep producing subject matter for military historians: but as long as it does, we can rejoice that at the top of that profession is Antony Beevor. (Sam Leith, Daily Mail (on D-Day)). His book is the definitive history. This is World War II as Tolstoy would have described it - the great and the small. (Gerard DeGroot, Washington Post (on The Second World War)). Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature, and Berlin, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees' Award. His books have appeared in thirty foreign editions and sold over six million copies.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This is from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day, Antony Beevor's Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble tells the story of the German's ill-fated final stand. On 16 December, 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes. He believed he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp, then force the Canadians and the British out of the war. Although his generals were doubtful of success, younger officers and NCOs were desperate to believe that their homes and families could be saved from the vengeful Red Army approaching from the east. Many were exultant at the prospect of striking back. The Ardennes offensive, with more than a million men involved, became the greatest battle of the war in western Europe. American troops, taken by surprise, found themselves fighting two panzer armies. Belgian civilians fled, justifiably afraid of German revenge. Panic spread even to Paris. While many American soldiers fled or surrendered, others held on heroically, creating breakwaters which slowed the German advance. The harsh winter conditions and the savagery of the battle became comparable to the eastern front. And after massacres by the Waffen-SS, even American generals approved when their men shot down surrendering Germans. The Ardennes was the battle which finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht. Revealing, profound and thoroughly unputdownable, Stalingrad is an extraordinary achievement which transcends its genre. (Vitali Vitaliev, Daily Telegraph (on Stalingrad)). This brilliant storyteller...makes us feel the chaos and the fear as if every drop of blood was our own: that is his gift. It is much more than just a humane account; it is compellingly readable, deeply researched and beautifully written. (Simon Sebag Montefiore, Spectator (on Berlin)). This is a terrific, inspiring, heart-breaking book. It makes the argument all over again that the world would be an infinitely better place if it didn't keep producing subject matter for military historians: but as long as it does, we can rejoice that at the top of that profession is Antony Beevor. (Sam Leith, Daily Mail (on D-Day)). His book is the definitive history. This is World War II as Tolstoy would have described it - the great and the small. (Gerard DeGroot, Washington Post (on The Second World War)). Antony Beevor is the renowned author of Stalingrad, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hawthornden Prize for Literature, and Berlin, which received the first Longman-History Today Trustees' Award. His books have appeared in thirty foreign editions and sold over six million copies.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Dewey Decimal Classification
Koha item type Non-Fiction
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Renewals Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type Public note
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan Non Fiction Waimate Waimate Event Centre - Long term storage 05/10/2015 WHE 39.00 3 940.54219 A00726759 29/11/2022 21/10/2022 39.00 05/10/2015 Non-Fiction Not for loan
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