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OPERATION
NORDWIND 1945
Hitler's last offensive in the West
STEVEN J ZALOGA ILLUSTRATED BY JIM LAURIER
Series editor Marcus Cowper
First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Osprey Publishing, AUTHOR'S NOTE
Midland House, West Way, Botley, Oxford 0X2 OPH, UK
The author would like to thank the staff of the US Army's Military History
443 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, USA
Institute (MHI) at the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA and the staff
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of the US National Archive, College Park for their kind assistance in the
preparation of this book. Thanks also go to Art Loder for his help on
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