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Robert Junior never knew the father he was named for- an American G.I. who was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and fell briefly into the arms of a Belgian nurse.Growing up with his mother in the lush forests of the Ardennes- Robert turns for guidance to his godfather- Markus Hebel- a Belgian who served in the German army in Russia.Breaking the silence around his painful past- Markus speaks of the consequences and madness of war - of the son he lost at Stalingrad and the courage of the men who tried to free the trapped German soldiers with a desperate charge across the frozen steppe.In so doing- Markus reveals a secret he has kept since the war- and a doubt that has gnawed at him for twenty years. Did he- a lowly radio operator- waste a chance to save an entire army from annihilation?...