The 28th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge

The 28th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge With Walter Zapotoczny Part of our ongoing Battle of the Bulge series on WW2TV    • The Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes)   “The 28th Division has performed one of the greatest feats in the history of the American Army ... Against nine divisions it has held so firmly that the German timetable has been thrown of completely." Morely Cassidy, New York Times/CBS Radio. In today's show we look at the 28th Division in the Ardennes in December 1944. After the horrors of the Hürtgen Forest, the men of the Bloody Bucket Division made their way to the VIII Corps sector in Belgium, taking up a 25-mile defensive line. On 16th the soldiers noticed a change on the battlefield. German patrols became less frequent, the sounds of tracked vehicles could be heard behind German lines and large spotlights began to search the US lines. Soon the German offensive began and the 28th found themselves in the way of the advance. Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr. is an American author, military historian, keynote speaker, college professor and former command historian with the United States Army. He is currently working on several new books and teaching history at a local college. https://www.wzaponline.com/index.html The 110th Holds in the Ardennes: The Blunting of Hitler's Last Gamble and the Invasion of the Reich by Walter S. Zapotoczny USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97817815... UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978178... Please click subscribe for updates and the bell icon for notifications You can become a Patron and support us here   / ww2tv   You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   For First World War content follow our sister channel WW1TV    / @ww1tvchannel   WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame   / ww2tv