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  • Battle

  • The Story of the Bulge
  • By: John Toland
  • Narrated by: Dan Butler
  • Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (925 ratings)

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Battle

By: John Toland
Narrated by: Dan Butler
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Battle: The Story of the Bulge, John Toland's first work of military history, recounts the saga of beleaguered American troops as they resisted Hitler's deadly counter offensive in World War II's Battle of the Bulge - and turned it into an Allied victory. It is a gripping work, painstakingly researched and imbued with such vivid detail that listeners will feel as though they themselves witnessed these events. This is a book not to be missed by anyone interested in this tumultuous era of our world's history.

©1959 John Toland (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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Top notch

This nonfiction account is told in a very entertaining way & the reader is as good as their is.
About the 126 captives executed my understanding is they were from a African American regiment & if so it should have been noted along with the fact that for many years after WW1 the French brought in Black Africans from their African colony & allowed them to Rape German women in occupied west Germany without consequence.
The Battle is a fair account with this one exception however still 5 stars.

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The Battle of the Bulge

long has the story's of the Bulge been told and movies have been made recalling this historic battle, but the telling of this epic battle will take you through eye whiteness accounts and of the individual memoirs that have been recounted and told as remembered. the telling of this story is a riveting account of history if it was a book you could not put it down for it would be a page turner. Great narration, Great story a must listening for any historical buff.

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An Important History

Great tribute to the American soldier and our military leadership. It illustrates why this is rightly acknowledged as the Greatest Generation.

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Enjoyed the depth.

The many personal stories made this relatable. Also presented Patton as a much more humane person who really cared for his men.

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The last BIG American battle

The Battle of the Bulge was America's last big battle. The big battles of the Pacific theater were already over, and after the Bulge it was just a massive chase of a defeated, retreating German army. Korea saw some smaller theater - scale battles, but Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan were guerilla wars. I found myself almost nostalgic reading this history and knowing the combatants are nearly dead to history. I enjoyed the factual elements of the story, and how it was personalized with the quoted and paraphrased stories of real people who experienced it. I highly recommend searching Google Images for a battle map so you can better visualize the constant troop movements.

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Full of info!

Extremely detailed! Great narration! Would recommend to anyone who appreciates when someone obviously does a lot of researching and isn't turned off by it making it seem to long at times.

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Riveting

A terrible story, told in a spare, matter-of-fact manner. Enough background to make the complexity manageable. The individual stories of courage and cowardice are inspiring and sobering.

The audio format suffers from the unavailability of accompanying maps, without which the story is partly incomprehensible. I consulted other maps but I imagine the text version is better in this respect.

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Good listen

What did you love best about Battle?

Just the depth of the information and experiences that were put into the book, a lot of things I didn't know about or interesting tidbits.

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The big picture, little details, great book

world war II history comes alive with this book. The detail provider in certain areas of the battle is very good. individual stories of heroism, trials and how it affected the citizens also make it a good read.

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Like being there

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Easy to listen to. Excellent narrator. I really enjoyed this book. Toland is great.

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