01448cam a2200289 4500 229234365 TxAuBib 20150724120000.0 091118s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009035940 9780345497925 hardcover : alk. paper 0345497929 hardcover : alk. paper 9780345516619 eBook 0345516613 eBook TxAuBib Shaara, Jeff, 1952- No less than victory : a novel of World War II / Jeff Shaara. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 2009. xxiii, 449 p. : maps ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxii]-xxiii). After the success of the Normandy invasion, the Allied commanders are buoyantly confident that the war in Europe will be over in a matter of weeks, that Hitler and his battered army have no other option than surrender. But despite the advice of his best military minds, Hitler will hear no talk of defeat. In mid-December 1944, the Germans launch a desperate and ruthless counteroffensive in the Ardennes Forest. As American commanders respond to the stunning challenge, the German spear is finally blunted. 20150724. cat m upd sampler 20091118 jhs. reclass stacks 20120120 jhs. Historical fiction, American.