Leo Barron
Leo Barron works for General Dynamics as an instructor ofmilitary intelligence officers for the US Army. He holds undergraduate andgraduate degrees in history and has served with the 101st Airborne. Barron hasseen two tours of active duty in Iraq as an infantry and intelligence officer.His articles about Bastogne and other WWII-related military topics haveappeared in Infantry Magazine, Military IntelligenceProfessional Bulletin, WWII History, and World War II magazine.
All Books By Leo Barron
High Tide in the Korean War
- By: Leo Barron
- Length: 11 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: June 14, 2022
- Language: English
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4.18(73 ratings)
By early 1951, American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese. The situation was bleak when Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyong-ni. There a single regiment (the 23rd Infantry) of fewer than 5,000 U.S. soldiers defeated a Chinese division of 25,000 men in what has been called the Gettysburg of the Korean War.
– Intense history of one of the most important battles of the Korean War
– From-the-foxhole account of a do-or-die defense
– Draws from memoirs, interviews, unit reports, intelligence summaries, and personal research in South Korea
No Silent Night
- By: Leo Barron
- Narrator: Leo Barron
- Length: 14 hours 33 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: February 22, 2013
- Language: English
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4.09(149 ratings)
On Christmas Eve, the holiest of nights for the many Christian peoples of Europe, Adolf Hitler was unleashing the full fury of his remaining Luftwaffe bomber force on Bastogne. For hundreds of German and American soldiers facing off in the siege, the events of Christmas 1944 would destroy any sense of holiness and peace on Earth. For the soldiers on both sides, and for the brave people of Bastogne, this would be no silent night.
... Read morePatton at the Battle of the Bulge
- By: Leo Barron
- Narrator: Tom Weiner
- Length: 12 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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3.83(281 ratings)
December 1944. For the besieged American defenders of Bastogne, time was running out …
Hitler’s forces had pressed in on the small Belgian town in a desperate offensive designed to push back the Allies, starting the Battle of the Bulge. So far, the US soldiers had managed to repel waves of attackers and even a panzer onslaught, but as their ammunition dwindled, the weary paratroopers of the 101st Airborne could only hope for a miracle—a miracle in the form of General George S. Patton and his Third Army.
More than a hundred miles away, Patton, ordered to race his men to Bastogne, was already putting in motion the most crucial charge of his career. Tapped to spearhead his counterstrike against the Wehrmacht was the Fourth Armored Division, a bloodied but experienced unit that had fought and slogged its way across France. But blazing a trail into Belgium meant going up against some of the best infantry and tank units in the German Army. Failure to reach Bastogne in time could result in the overrunning of the 101st—a catastrophic defeat that could turn the tide of the war and secure victory for the Nazis.
In Patton at the Battle of the Bulge, Army veteran and historian Leo Barron explores one of the most famous yet little understood clashes of the war, a vitally important chapter in one of history’s biggest battles.
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