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Record Nr.

UNINA9910708378903321

Autore

MacDonald Charles

Titolo

The Siegfried Line Campaign [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013

Washington, D.C. : , : Center of Military History, United States Army, , 1993

ISBN

1-909940-26-7

Edizione

[50th anniversary commemorative edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1166 p.)

Collana

United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations The Siegfried Line Campaign

Disciplina

940.54/213

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany

History & Archaeology

History - General

Germany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 629-632) and index.

Nota di contenuto

PART ONE BREACHING THE SIEGFRIED LINE; Chapter I The Road to Germany; Chapter II The First U.S. Army; Chapter III V Corps Hits the West Wall; Chapter IV VII Corps Penetrates the Line; Chapter V Action on the North Wing; PART TWO AN AIRBORNE CARPET IN THE NORTH; Chapter VI Operation MARKET-GARDEN; Chapter VII Invasion From the Sky; Chapter VIII Decision on the Ground; Chapter IX The Approaches to Antwerp; Chapter X The Peel Marshes; PART THREE THE BATTLE OF AACHEN; Chapter XI A Set Attack Against the West Wall; Chapter XII Closing the Circle; Chapter XIII Assault on the City

PART FOUR The Roer River DamsChapter XIV The First Attack on Schmidt; Chapter XV The Second Attack on Schmidt; PART FIVE THE HUERTGEN FOREST; Chapter XVI The Big Picture in October; CHAPTER XVII New Plans To Drive to the Rhine; Chapter XVIII VII Corps Makes the Main Effort; Chapter XIX V Corps Joins the Offensive; Chapter XX The Final Fight To Break Out of the Forest; PART SIX BATTLE OF THE ROER PLAIN; Chapter XXI Clearing the Inner Wings of the Armies; Chapter XXII The Roer River Offensive; Chapter XXIII The Geilenkirchen Salient; Chapter XXIV Ninth Army's Final Push to the Roer



PART SEVEN CONCLUSIONChapter XXV The Approaches to Dueren; Chapter XXVI Objective: the Roer River Dams; Chapter XXVII The End of the Campaign

Sommario/riassunto

The US Armies Siegfried Line campaign in World War 2