- Hardcover
- Publisher: Marboro Books (Jun 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0790962543
- ISBN-13: 978-0790962542
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,553,937 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A history that tells the extraordinary story of Aachen where, in the autumn of 1944, the US First Army was held at bay for two months by the fanatical resistance of the Wehrmacht. The Citizens of Aachen refused to acknowledge the Nazi creed, and so chose to fight it out with 'friend' and foe alike.
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Charles Whiting - Bloody Aachen - "No enemy soldier will ever set his boot on Aachen's holy soil..."
15 July 2011
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"This is the story of a unique battle. For the first time, an American army was besieging a German city - and this was no ordinary city: Aachen was a potent symbol at the heart of the Nazi myth, an imperial city where German kings had been crowned for a thousand years...
Once begun, the battle was to last for six weeks: it cost the U.S. Army 8,000 men and became a strange three-sided fight, as many of the Catholic citizens of Aachen went underground to escape both the godless Nazis and the invading allies..."
A typical Whiting history book: brisk pace, a novelistic style and an eye for the interesting detail - but also a tendency to recycle anecdotes and a lack of academic depth. This is a very enjoyable read, valuable because of the rarity of books on this particular battle and the excellent first-hand accounts of the civilians, but fundamentally quite thin.
Once begun, the battle was to last for six weeks: it cost the U.S. Army 8,000 men and became a strange three-sided fight, as many of the Catholic citizens of Aachen went underground to escape both the godless Nazis and the invading allies..."
A typical Whiting history book: brisk pace, a novelistic style and an eye for the interesting detail - but also a tendency to recycle anecdotes and a lack of academic depth. This is a very enjoyable read, valuable because of the rarity of books on this particular battle and the excellent first-hand accounts of the civilians, but fundamentally quite thin.
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I would be hard put to put any of Charles Whiting's work below 3 stars. If they are read 'stand alone' some would seem like 4 star candidates. However, as I have mentioned in other reviews, he is very prone to re-telling old stories in several different books. This is particularly irritating here in the supposed 3rd volume in a 7 volume series. Doesn't he know he has already used some of the same anecdotes twice so far? The third retelling of the first American patrol to see the Siegfried line is clearly one of Whting's favourites -but uterrly irrelevant this third time to the Battle of Aachen.
The book seems to have been hastily written. (He is never lazy, but hasty, yes). It's too short and gives little on the actual battle as a battle. It's redeeming feature is the crop of personal reminiscences from locals, gleaned by an Aachen journalist in the seventies, and woven here into the story by permission. The other major positive is that it is a book about a long forgotten major battle, almost the only book as well.
(By the way the photos put in by Spellmount are poor.)
The book seems to have been hastily written. (He is never lazy, but hasty, yes). It's too short and gives little on the actual battle as a battle. It's redeeming feature is the crop of personal reminiscences from locals, gleaned by an Aachen journalist in the seventies, and woven here into the story by permission. The other major positive is that it is a book about a long forgotten major battle, almost the only book as well.
(By the way the photos put in by Spellmount are poor.)
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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no problems at all an old paperback ,but as described by the seller,no missing pages and delivered weel within the alloted time
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