Axis and Civilians

= personal recollection

CiviliansAxis

Civilians

Accounts from Parfondruy, Belgium. Account by a Belgian civilian whose mother was murdered by the SS together with other villagers, and another by an American soldier, Charles R. Corbin (Third Armored Division), who witnessed the scene of the atrocity and later was wounded by enemy tank fire.

Marcel Jeanpierre, a Belgian Civilian, "The Battle of Grand-Halleux." Jeanpierre was 13 years-old at the time.

Axis

Amazon. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945: The German View of the Battle of the Bulge by Danny S. Parker. Also available in hardcover. This is a compendium of primary source materials, German documents written during the war and shortly after.

Reviewed by David Yelton, H-Net/H-German (May, 1998).

"Further detracting from the claims to uniqueness is the fact that these very reports have been heavily used by the wide range of historians who have written the many books on the Battle of the Bulge."

"The general public, Parker's stated audience, will find the book difficult to use because of his uneven editing. His introductions are brief and assume a fairly detailed knowledge of this campaign, and he provides no overall conclusion and precious little analysis. Additionally, he often fails to put the studies in proper context, most significantly neglecting to inform readers about the question of bias or self-interest inherent in the generals' views."

Amazon. Men of Steel: I SS Panzer Corps: The Ardennes and Eastern Front, 1944-45 by Michael Reynolds.

The Battle of the Bulge: The German View : Perspectives from Hitler's High Command by Danny S. Parker.

For Otto Skorzeny see Operation Greif.