Thus the stalemate surrounding Hill 400 could not continue. Several entire American divisions had already been repulsed by the last hill's dug-in defenders as-unknown to the Allies-the height was the key to Adolf Hitler's last-minute plans for a massive counterattack to smash through the American lines in what would become known to history as the Battle of the Bulge. Castle Hill, the imposing 1320-foot mini-mountain the American Rangers simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to a desperate Nazi Germany. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and most costly encounters of World War II. The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that several Wehrmacht regiments, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders. In the process, Rudder was given two objectives: Take Hill 400. James Rudder's 2nd Battalion would form the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler's homeland at last. They were known as "Rudder's Rangers," the most elite and experienced attack unit in the United States Army. The Last Hill is filled with unforgettable action and characters-a gripping, finely detailed saga of what the survivors of the battalion would call "our longest day.""īob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II. After two days, when they were finally relieved, only 16 Rangers remained to stagger down from the top of Hill 400. Dwight Eisenhower and his top brass, there was only one solution: Send in the Rangers. Hitler had to hold onto it because hidden behind it was the massive army of men and machines poised to smash their way through Allied lines in the Battle of the Bulge. The Allies had to have it to drive a dagger into Germany's heart. Even an entire division had been repulsed by the desperate defenders. Castle Hill, the imposing 400-foot mini-mountain the grunts simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to still-powerful Nazi Germany. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and costly ones of World War II.
The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that the German Volks-Grenadiers, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders.
Their colonel was given this objective: Take Hill 400. In December 1944, they would be the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler's homeland at last. They were known as 'Rudder's Rangers,' the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. About the Book "Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II.
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