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050 00 $aD797.B4$bS3713 2005
082 00 $a940.53/161/0949348$222
100 1 $aSchrijvers, Peter,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97047005
240 10 $aWreed als ijs.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004044612
245 14 $aThe unknown dead :$bcivilians in the Battle of the Bulge /$cPeter Schrijvers.
260 $aLexington :$bUniversity Press of Kentucky,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axviii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, plans ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 405-419) and indexes.
520 1 $a"Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by Americans, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accounts, however, are references to the civilians in Belgium and Luxembourg who lost their lives in the same battle. Yet the most reliable current estimates calculate at approximately three thousand the number of civilians who perished during the six weeks of ferocious fighting." "Telling the harrowing stories of noncombatants caught up in the maelstrom of war, The Unknown Dead surveys this crucial battle and its consequences from an entirely new perspective. Peter Schrijvers, a native Belgian, describes in detail the horrific war crimes committed by German military units on the front lines and by Nazi security services behind the battle lines. He also reveals the devastating effects of Allied responses to the enemy threat, including incessant artillery barrages and massive bombings of small towns." "During the offensive, inhabitants of the villages of this region of Belgium lived in a state of chaos. Countless men, women, and children were killed in cold blood for aiding American soldiers, whereas the GIs themselves were often highly suspicious of civilians so close to the German border. Local services ground to a halt, and citizens formed volunteer groups to obtain water and meet other basic needs. Even after the violence had ended and the postwar reconstruction had begun, the small communities remained in turmoil. The countryside was dotted with abandoned land mines and explosives. The emotional relations forged in battle between civilians and American veterans continue today."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCasualties$zBelgium.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCasualties$zLuxembourg.
650 0 $aArdennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006980
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, Belgian.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113917
650 0 $aCivilian war casualties$zBelgium.
650 0 $aCivilian war casualties$zLuxembourg.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip053/2004027053.html
852 00 $bmil$hD797.B4$iS3713 2005
852 00 $bbar,stor$hD797.B4$iS3713 2005