The Battle of the Bulge was the Third Reich grasping at its final straws, according to Jared Frederick, assistant teaching professor of history at Penn State Altoona. “It was very much a gamble ...
While he covers the entire history of the division, Fontenot concentrates his account on the unit's stand at St. Vith (Dec. 16-22). Fontenot explains why and how the Germans achieved nearly total ...
17, 1944, Clarke was on the top floor room of a school in St. Vith, Belgium, a town controlling a vitally important crossroads in the northern sector of the Ardennes Forest region of France ...
Clarke’s defense of St. Vith blunted and delayed the surge of enemy forces which formed the Germans’ main attack strength. (Salis/National Archives) Brig. Gen. Bruce C. Clarke should have been ...