LEADER 05632oam 2200637 a 450 001 9910963158403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400654848 010 $a9780313001703 010 $a0313001707 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400654848 035 $a(CKB)111056485430196 035 $a(OCoLC)614609359 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary5004440 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159110 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151168 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159110 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151640 035 $a(PQKB)11434858 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3000151 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr5004440 035 $a(OCoLC)55109547 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3000151 035 $a(OCoLC)42934500 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400654848BC 035 $a(Perlego)4202217 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485430196 100 $a19991122e20002024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom the Normandy beaches to the Baltic Sea $ethe Northwest Europe campaign, 1944-1945 /$fAlan J. Levine 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger,$d2000. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing,$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780275969202 311 08$a0275969207 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index. 327 $aCover -- FROM THE NORMANDY BEACHES TO THE BALTIC SEA -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Prelude, Planning, Preparation -- PLANNING OVERLORD -- THE ALLIED COMMAND TEAM -- THE GERMAN COMMAND -- ALLIED AND GERMAN COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS -- MORALE AND ATTITUDES -- ALLIED MORALE AND ATTITUDES -- THE EASTERN FRONT 1943-1944 -- THE MEDITERRANEAN -- THE STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE -- GERMAN DISPOSITIONS AND DEFENSES -- ALLIED AIR PREPARATIONS -- THE DECEPTION PLAN -- THE FINAL PLAN -- 2 The Normandy Beachhead -- THE CAEN FRONT -- THE HEDGEROW BATTLEFIELD -- THE AIR AND SEA BATTLE -- THE MULBERRIES AND THE GREAT STORM -- CHERBOURG -- THE FIGHT FOR CAEN -- ST. LO -- 3 The Liberation of Western Europe -- MORTAIN -- FALAISE -- THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE -- THE GERMAN DEFEATS IN THE EAST -- EISENHOWER'S DECISION AND THE STRATEGY AND LOGISTICS OF THE PURSUIT -- THE SUPPLY CRISIS -- THE GREAT DRIVE -- RESUMING THE DRIVE -- 4 The Fall Fighting on the German Frontier -- THE GERMAN RECOVERY BEGINS -- AIRBORNE INVASION: OPERATION "MARKET-GARDEN" -- PATTON'S ARMY IN LORRAINE -- THE WESTERN FRONT, SEPTEMBER 1944 -- THE GERMANS' MISSED OPPORTUNITIES -- LOGISTICS AND STRATEGY IN THE FALL -- OPENING ANTWERP -- "THE ISLAND" AND THE SALIENT -- AACHEN AND THE HUERTGEN FOREST -- METZ -- THE NOVEMBER OFFENSIVE -- LORRAINE AND ALSACE -- 5 The German Counteroffensives in the Ardennes and Alsace -- THE PLAN OF ATTACK -- CAMOUFLAGE -- ALLIED CONFUSION -- THE AMERICAN FRONT IN THE ARDENNES -- THE INITIAL ATTACK -- THE HIGH COMMAND REACTS -- DEFENSE IN THE NORTH -- BATTLE IN THE CENTER: ST. VITH -- AIR INTERVENTION -- BASTOGNE -- THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN ALSACE -- CUTTING THE BULGE -- 6 The March to Victory, January-May 1945 -- PLANNING THE FINAL OFFENSIVE -- THE EIFEL -- THE BATTLE OF THE NORTHERN RHINELAND -- THE REMAGEN BRIDGE -- THE SAAR-PALATINATE: PATTON'S GREATEST VICTORY. 327 $aTHE MAIN RHINE CROSSING -- THE SOUTHERN RHINE CROSSINGS -- THE RUHR POCKET -- FINAL DECISIONS ON STRATEGY -- THE GERMAN SITUATION -- CENTRAL GERMANY -- SOUTH GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- BERLIN: THE FINAL SOVIET OFFENSIVE -- THE DRIVE TO THE BALTIC -- THE GERMAN SURRENDER -- Notes -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- Bibliography -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- Index -- About the Author. 330 8 $aA brief, yet complete history of the Allied campaign for the liberation of Europe from the Normandy invasion to the surrender of Germany, this study describes not only what happened, but why it happened. While an enormous amount has been written about this campaign, most of it focuses upon a single army or an individual battle. This book stresses a true inter-Allied and all arms approach with a balance of both strategy and tactics; accounts of effort by land, sea, air forces; as well as the strong influence of logistics. Levine deals extensively with the German side, particularly morale issues, and he includes the role played by Canadian forces-a topic usually neglected in American accounts. Rapid changes in warfare rendered the character of the battles of 1944-1945 quite different from battles earlier in the war, and Levine finds that old-fashioned fortifications often had an unexpected and formidable impact on the fighting. Logistics played a central role in the struggle, and supply problems would continuously plague the U.S. Army during this campaign. Levine considers whether the war could have been won in 1944, and he discusses the lost opportunities on both sides. Casting new light on some familiar subjects and recounting many neglected issues, this book places the campaign within the larger context of European events in both the east and the Mediterranean. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zWestern Front 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/21 700 $aLevine$b Alan J$01797707 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963158403321 996 $aFrom the Normandy beaches to the Baltic Sea$94340134 997 $aUNINA