| 14Bore | 10 Aug 2016 4:33 p.m. PST |
Actual title is A Time for Trumpets,the Untold story of the Battle of the Bulge. This is the same author of Company Commander. I would give this a top rating, filled with lots of details i didn't hear before. But I just started the chapter on Bastogne(around chapter 26)and my Kindle Unlimited ran out. Can anyone tell me how it ends? (Kidding of course) |
| Winston Smith | 10 Aug 2016 4:51 p.m. PST |
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| Rich Bliss | 10 Aug 2016 5:30 p.m. PST |
This is the single greatest WWII history book, I've ever read. |
| vtsaogames | 10 Aug 2016 8:29 p.m. PST |
Flying saucers break the siege. There, I spoiled it. |
| Winston Smith | 10 Aug 2016 8:47 p.m. PST |
It is very good.
And "Company Commander" is required reading. |
| codiver | 11 Aug 2016 4:41 a.m. PST |
Take the GIs, give the 6 points… |
| Jozis Tin Man | 11 Aug 2016 7:20 a.m. PST |
Ummmm no. M-24's holds off hundreds of King Tiger Tanks which are then destroyed by flaming fuel barrels. Agree about Company Commander as well, I just reread it for the 3rd time. |
John Leahy  | 11 Aug 2016 12:11 p.m. PST |
Yep, I have read it so many times I have a kindle copy. That won't wear out. |
| jdginaz | 11 Aug 2016 12:22 p.m. PST |
If you want more of McDonald's work there are three volumes of the official history of WWII The Last Offensive
The Siegfried Line Campaign
Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt |
| surdu2005 | 11 Aug 2016 1:08 p.m. PST |
I didn't know this book existed. Thanks for the pointer. |
| 14Bore | 11 Aug 2016 1:40 p.m. PST |
To finish it i might buy the kindle book, I think Kindle Unlimited is a good deal but was actually buying books and hadn't used it in awhile so turned it in but had weeks to go so read Company Commander then started Time for Trumpets. Oh and I saw the movie
They all walk back to Germany |
| zoneofcontrol | 11 Aug 2016 5:58 p.m. PST |
LOL! That was one of the books I purchased when I joined a military themed book club back in the '80s. One of those deals where you get so many books for a few bucks and then commit to buy so many more books over the next year or two. I read it and enjoyed it very much. I've got several large Rubbermaid tubs full of books and I know my copy is in one of them somewhere. Spoiler alert: At the end of the book, the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor and this gives Lincoln the opportunity to release his Emancipation Proclamation just in time for the first moon landing. (Well, first moon landing by earthlings, anyway!) |
| vtsaogames | 11 Aug 2016 8:28 p.m. PST |
One part of Company Commander: his company was ready to attack an German-held village. They got a platoon of tanks for support, another company with tank support on their flank, an artillery barrage and an air strike. It was so rare that the infantry of both companies stood up and cheered. The Germans surrendered after firing some shots. It's the only air support his company ever saw, the only time they saw another infantry company in support. They did get artillery from time to time. I don't recall if they got armor support other times. |
| nazrat | 11 Aug 2016 9:44 p.m. PST |
They did once, but as soon as one of the tanks took fire they all backed up and left the infantry to their own devices, if I recall correctly. |
