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.

nara interview

Next one is:
Karl Thoholte summary of the Ardennes battle (MS#B-311)

There is some interesting information on the German artillery units around Bastogne.