Armoured warfare in the Battle of the Bulge 1944-1945

The Battle of the Bulge took the Allied armies by surprise in 1944.

It was a result of the extraordinary recovery of Hitler's panzer divisions following crushing defeats on the Eastern and Western fronts.

In a daring offensive he hoped his panzers would unhinge the American and British push on the Rhine by charging through the Schnee Eifel, thereby prolonging the war.

The consequence was one of the best-known battles of the entire conflict, and Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is the ideal introduction to it.

The story is told through a sequence of revealing contemporary photographs and a concise text.