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MacDonald Charles |
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The Last Offensive [[electronic resource]] |
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Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013 |
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Washington, D.C. : , : Center of Military History, United States Army, , 1993 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (867 p.) |
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Collana |
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United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations THE LAST OFFENSIVE |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany |
World War, 1939-1945 - End - Europe |
History & Archaeology |
History - General |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-491) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; The Author; Preface; Chapter I Prelude to Victory; Allied Strategy; Allied Versus German Strength; Weapons and Equipment; Organization and Command; Terrain and the Front Line; Footnotes; Chapter II Victory in the Ardennes; The First Army's Attack; A Grim Struggle Around Bastogne; The Drive on St. Vith; Northward Across the Sűre; Footnotes; Chapter III Main Effort in the Eifel; General Bradley's Proposal; The Eifel Highlands; The Enemy in the Eifel; A Try for Quick Success; A Shift to the North; An End to the Offensive; Footnotes; Chapter IV The Roer River Dams; Toward Schmidt |
Toward the DamFootnotes; Chapter V The Drive on Pruem; Into the West Wall; German Countermeasures; The Final Phase; Footnotes; Chapter VI Bitburg and the Vianden Bulge; Crossing the Sauer; The Vianden Bulge; Expanding the XII Corps Bridgehead; To Bitburg and the Kyll; Footnotes; Chapter VII The Saar-Moselle Triangle; Probing the Orscholz Switch; Expanding the Penetration; Broadening the Effort; Crossing the Saar; Footnotes; Chapter VIII Operation GRENADE; The Terrain and the Enemy; Catch-as-Catch-Can; Objectives and Maneuvers; Challenging the Swollen River; The First Day on the East Bank |
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