The Last Offensive [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | MacDonald Charles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (867 p.) |
Collana | United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations THE LAST OFFENSIVE |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany
World War, 1939-1945 - End - Europe History & Archaeology History - General |
ISBN | 1-909940-12-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 The 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; Footnotes Chapter 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.""; Footnotes Chapter XVII Sweep to the Elbe |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708379003321 |
MacDonald Charles | ||
Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Siegfried Line Campaign [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | MacDonald Charles |
Edizione | [50th anniversary commemorative edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1166 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/213 |
Collana | United States Army in World War II. The European theater of operations The Siegfried Line Campaign |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Germany
History & Archaeology History - General |
ISBN | 1-909940-26-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708378903321 |
MacDonald Charles | ||
Greenock, : 232 Celsius, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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