The book includes over 100 images, including photographs of the Tiger II tanks never before published, plus detailed maps showing the routes used by the 501st Heavy SS Tank Battalion during the battle. The author’s experience as a tank unit commander provides unique insight into the tactical difficulties of armor movements through the Ardennes, especially considering the technical aspects of the Tiger II tanks. Tigers in the Ardennes is the product of years of research in archives, conversations with German and American veterans, and detailed examination of terrain in the Ardennes battlefields. Army officer and military historian Gregory Walden provides the most detailed look at the actions of a single German battalion in the Battle of the Bulge to date. The abilities and liabilities of the Tiger II tank had a great effect on what Kampfgruppe Peiper could and could not accomplish. The battalion was attached to Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzer Division. During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, one of the German vehicles that American soldiers feared most was the Tiger II tank, or “King Tiger.” Tigers in the Ardennes tells the story of the 501st Heavy SS Tank Battalion, a King Tiger tank unit in the Battle of the Bulge (or Ardennes Offensive, as the Germans called it).
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