Handsome, intelligent, impetuous, and dedicated to the Nazi cause, SS Colonel Jochen Peiper (1915--1976) was one of the most controversial figures of World War II. After volunteering for the Waffen-SS at an early age, Peiper quickly rose to prominence as Heinrich Himmler's ever-present personal adju[...]
The definitive account of one of World War II's most famous battles First published in 1992 to rave reviews, Danny Parker's Battle of the Bulge has since become the standard history of the battle, praised by historians for its stirring narrative, meticulous research, and its wealth of new informatio[...]
On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, more than eighty unarmed American soldiers were shot down after having surrendered to an SS tank column near the small crossroads town of Malmedy, Belgium. In vivid prose with revealing details, Fatal Crossroads reconstructs the previously untold[...]