Jung book

Hermann Jung: Die Ardennen- Offensive 1944/45. Ein Beispiel für die Kriegführung Hitlers

good overview on the battle of the Ardennes.

one more book

Franz Josef Strauss: Geschichte Der 2.(Wiener) Panzerdivision

Some very interesting thing about this division near Bastogne.

US army maps and Russian general staff maps

for the map:

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/western_europe/

 http://loadmap.net/en

These maps will be the base for the Bastogne map. As we see the elevation are available, there WWII maps to check the changes, and these are the maps to use.
All of them should be georeferenced and loaded to manifold and the mapmaking can be started.
 

a webpage

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e2/McAuliffeBastogneChristmasLetter101Airborne.jpg

McAuliffe Christmas Letter.

Henning book

Otto Henning: Als Panzer- und Spaehtruppführer in der Panzer-Lehr-Division 1943-1945 (Flechsig)

some pages about the Lehr Division recon battalion around Bastogne.

one more book

John S.D.Eisenhower: The Bitter Woods (G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1969)

Some high level insight, but mostly known sources.

a German language book

Franz Kurowski: Die Panzer-Lehr-Division 1944-1945 (Dörfer-Verlag)

A very good sourced book (mostly memoires of the soldiers of the division.

next book by Ritgen

Helmut Ritgen: The Western Front 1944: Memoires of a Panzer Lehr Officer (J J Fedorowicz, 1995)

good information on the German side.
 

map

Two maps of Bastogne from wikipedia (out of copyright, public domain):

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Bastogne%2C_Belgium_Map.png
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Fifth_Panzer_Armee_Attacks_28th_Infantry_Division.png

and one more (out of copyright, public domain by law):
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Ardennes/maps/USA-E-Ardennes-VI.jpg

Elevation data

The elevation data for the Bastogne map comes from here:
http://www.jspacesystems.or.jp/ersdac/GDEM/E/1.html

and should be noted:
the original data of ASTER GDEM is the property of METI and NASA

book

The next book is:

Dupuy et al.: Hitler's Last Gamble

a good overview of the situation at Bastogne.

next book

The another best book (mostly) on the US side is
John C. McManus: Alamo in the Ardennes (Wiley, 2007)

While I will post sources in the blog, but I will start to put together maps on the daily situation around Bastogne.
For this I have to put together an opensource map of the given area.
I will post them (the sources, and the map) here. I use Manifold (GIS) tool for the map making. If you need battle maps, contact me and let's see how can I help you!

next book

The next book is maybe the best on the German side:

Dr. Frederick P.Steinhardt: Panzer Lehr Division 1944-45 (Helion, 2008)


The book goes thru the Lehr Division fights around Bastogne.
Good summary almost all of the German information.