Zaloga. The key to Hitler's Ardennes offensive, Antwerp was a Belgian town whose seizure would've cut the Americans off from the British and likely led to a more devastating Dunkirk. This gripping narrative examines how the port's capture — targeted by the Hitler Youth Panzer Divison — was thwarted by the 1st, 2nd, and 99th Divisions (many members of which were seeing combat for the first time) in a series of historic battles. 384 pages, B&W photos, 6½"x 9¼", hardcover.