04908nam 22006253u 450 991070837900332120170821160655.01-909940-12-7(CKB)2670000000519199(EBL)1623086(SSID)ssj0001112493(PQKBManifestationID)12428777(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112493(PQKBWorkID)11161987(PQKB)11233050(OCoLC)1018406550(EXLCZ)99267000000051919920140217d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Last Offensive[electronic resource]Greenock 232 Celsius2013Washington, D.C. :Center of Military History, United States Army,1993.1 online resource (867 p.)United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations THE LAST OFFENSIVE Description based upon print version of record.0-7948-3772-7 Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-491) and index.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 SchmidtToward 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 BankThe VII Corps at DuerenThe First Day's Results; Footnotes; Chapter IX Ninth Army to the Rhine; The Third and Fourth Days; Rundstedt's Appeal; Pursuit; Efforts To Seize a Bridge; The Wesel Pocket; The Beginning of the End; Footnotes; Chapter X Operation LUMBERJACK; Toward Bonn and Remagen; Patton in the Eifel; Footnotes; Chapter XI A Rhine Bridge at Remagen; The Germans at Remagen; The Hope for a Bridge; Advance to the Rhine; The Crisis at the Bridge; Reaction to the Coup; On the German Side; Build-up and Command Problems; The End of the Bridge; Expansion of the Bridgehead; FootnotesChapter XII The Saar-PalatinateAmerican Plans; The Defenders; Through the Hunsrueck; Across the Lower Moselle; Plunge to the Nahe and Fall of Koblenz; Seventh Army's Deliberate Attack; Breakthrough; Thrust to the Rhine; Footnotes; Chapter XIII The Rhine Crossings in the South; The VIII Corps in the Rhine Gorge; To the Main River and Frankfurt; The Hammelburg Mission; The Seventh Army Crossing at Worms; The XX Corps in the Rhine-Main Arc; Footnotes; Chapter XIV The Rhine Crossings in the North; The Big Build-up; Interdiction From the Air; The View From the East Bank; ""Two if by sea""Operation FLASHPOINTThe Drive to the Railroads; Operation VARSITY; At the End of D-Day; The Try for a Breakout; How To Bring the Ninth Army's Power To Bear; Footnotes; Chapter XV At the End of March; An Awesome Power; The Logistical Backbone; Decisions at the Top; The Plight of the Germans; A Decision on Berlin; Footnotes; Chapter XVI Reducing the Ruhr; The Breakout Offensive; Collapse of the LXXXIX Corps; A Turn to the North; The Thrust From Winterberg; Breakthrough North of the Ruhr; Making Motions at Breakout; The Ruhr Pocket; ""The predominant color was white.""; FootnotesChapter XVII Sweep to the Elbe The last offensive of the US army in Europe World War, 1939-1945CampaignsGermanyWorld War, 1939-1945EndEuropeHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCHistory - GeneralHILCCWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945EndHistory & ArchaeologyHistory - GeneralMacDonald Charles1281688Center of Military History,AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910708379003321The Last Offensive3335798UNINA