A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge

On December 16, 1944, half a million German soldiers attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes, achieving what had been considered impossible – total surprise.
In the most abysmal failure of battlefield intelligence in the history of the U.S. Army, 600,000 American soldiers found themselves facing Hitler’s last desperate efforts with no warning. The brutal confrontation that ensued became known as the Battle of the Bulge, the greatest battle ever fought by the U.S. Army — a grand triumph of American ingenuity and dedication over an egregious failure in strategic intelligence.
A Time for Trumpets is the definitive account of this dramatic victory, told by one of America’s most respected military historians, who also had firsthand experience commanding a rifle company in the conflict. Exhaustively researched and movingly authentic, MacDonald’s book is a thorough account of an immensely influential battle.