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.

a webpage

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

McAuliffe Christmas Letter.

one more book

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

Some high level insight, but mostly known sources.

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.
 

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!

beginning

Hi,

this blog will be about the Bastogne defence in World War Two in 1944.
First I will go throu all the books and other materials which are available, and later I will analyze them, and I try to put together a book about it (see my project at indiegogo, link in the left).

Bye,
Laszlo