The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon is a non-fiction book written by Alex Kershaw and published in 2004 by Da Capo Press.

It tells the story of the eighteen men of an intelligence platoon under the command by Lieutenant Lyle Bouck.

Placed in a front-line position, the soldiers fought fiercely outside the village of Lansareth to prevent the German advance on the morning of the Battle of the Bulge.

The platoon seriously disrupted the entire German Sixth Panzer Army's schedule of attack along the northern edge of the offensive.

Due to their capture, the blur of events during the first week of this massive campaign, and their release and return home, the U.S. Army was not aware of the platoon's actions for thirty-seven years.