Battle Craft 3: Battle of the Bulge (Paperback)
A Guide to Modelling the Battle
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: Battle Craft
Pages: 64
ISBN: 9781399007702
Published: 4th October 2022
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The Battle of the Bulge was the perfect storm for the Allies in late 1944; a tired army, overstretched supply lines, and poor intelligence on what was waiting on the other side of the hill. On 16th December, with almost complete surprise, the Germans launched their last major offensive in the West. Emerging from thick fog and through the dense woodland of the Ardennes nearly 500,000 German troops slammed into American lines.
For almost a week the Germans were able to make good ground, and the glory days of 1940 beckoned as they crushed all resistances before them, often with extreme cruelty. On Christmas Eve, the Germans had lost their initial advantage, the skies cleared and air support returned. For the next 3 weeks the battle hung in the balance. For the Americans the Battle of the Bulge would be the deadliest single battle of the Second World War.
This Battle Craft title also looks at four pieces of military hardware that were involved in these legendary battles. Massive King Tigers rained down terror and destruction among the Allies M4’s and other armour, until the arrival of nimble M18 Hellcats which counted for several King Tigers. Over head the almost uncatchable ME262 battled with its own nemesis, the virtually indestructible P-47.
The Quartermaster section provides the modeller with an insight into the development and operational use of the four chosen vehicles and aircraft that were involved in the Battle of the Bulge. A selection of historical and contemporary photos and illustrations feature alongside stunning showcase builds, providing the modeller with subjects to whet the creative appetite. It also features details of model kits and extras that can really help the modeller bring military history to life.
As featured on Scale Modelling Now
Scale Modelling Now
The book is affordable and provides the modeller with a good mix of reference and model related data at a very affordable cost.
Armorama
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Each of the four model builds covers a single subject and provides a bit of equipment history, available kits and then the subject kit itself.
ModellingMadness.com
Pulls off an impressive combination: a historical battle survey, a history of several platforms that fought in the battle, a historical photo resource, a modeler’s detail photo resource, a catalogue of kits, and glamor shots of completed models.
AMPS
Well priced, this gives a good background to the history of the battle and some good examples of appropriate models to inspire others to try some models with this theme in mind
Military Model Scene
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A highly informative read and ends with something for modellers and enthusiasts!
ARRSE (Army Rumour Service)
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About Ben Skipper
BEN SKIPPER AMRAeS is a freelance feature writer with over 100 articles published on art, military and field sports subjects. He is an Associate Member of Royal Aeronautical Society and the Pen and Sword Club (military journalists and writers), a Freeman of the City of London and the Company of Communicators, a full member of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists, the NUJ and the Society of Authors. Ben is an avid modeller and writer of twentieth-century military subjects. His interest in British armour was cemented by a visit to the King’s Royal Hussars in the early 1990s as an undergraduate in the Territorial Army. He then joined the RAF, clocking up air miles in a range of RAF transport aircraft including the VC10 and C-17.