Eisenhower's lieutenants : the campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 /
Weigley, Russell Frank.
Eisenhower's lieutenants : the campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 / - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1981. - xviii, 800 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The armies. The American army -- Weapons and divisions -- The view of the far shore -- By air and by sea -- pt. 2. Normandy. The beach -- Cherbourg and Caumont -- The Bocage -- Cobra -- The crossroads south of Avranches -- pt. 3. France. The short envelope -- The Riviera and the Rh?ne -- The Seine -- The Meuse -- The twin tyrants : logistics ... -- ... And time -- pt. 4. The disputed middle ground. Holland -- Attack in the Ardennes (I) -- Lorraine (I) -- The Reich frontiers -- Autumn interlude -- Lorraine (II) -- Alsace -- Huertgen Forest and Roer Plain -- On the eve of a breakthrough -- The breakthrough -- The doctrinal response -- The precarious balance -- The battles of Christmastide -- Attack in the Ardennes (II) -- "Inadequate means" -- pt. 5. The Eifel -- Two tumors excised : Colmar and the Roer dams -- To the Rhine -- The crossing of the Rhine -- Eastward from the Rhine -- The legions on the Rhine -- The Ruhr -- Berlin -- The national redoubt -- The Elbe, the Moldau, and the Brenner Pass.
Includes material on "Field Marshal Montgomery and Ike's lieutenants--Omar N. Bradley, Jacob L. Devers, Courtney H. Hodges, George S. Patton, Jr., Alexander M. Patch, William H. Simpson, Leonard T. Gerow, J. Lawton Collins, and Matthew B. Ridgway, among others."
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United States. Army --Biography.
United States. Army.
German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Geschichte 1944.
1933 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Generals--United States--Biography.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
France.
Germany.
United States.
Deutschland.
Frankreich.
History.
Biography.
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Eisenhower's lieutenants : the campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 / - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1981. - xviii, 800 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The armies. The American army -- Weapons and divisions -- The view of the far shore -- By air and by sea -- pt. 2. Normandy. The beach -- Cherbourg and Caumont -- The Bocage -- Cobra -- The crossroads south of Avranches -- pt. 3. France. The short envelope -- The Riviera and the Rh?ne -- The Seine -- The Meuse -- The twin tyrants : logistics ... -- ... And time -- pt. 4. The disputed middle ground. Holland -- Attack in the Ardennes (I) -- Lorraine (I) -- The Reich frontiers -- Autumn interlude -- Lorraine (II) -- Alsace -- Huertgen Forest and Roer Plain -- On the eve of a breakthrough -- The breakthrough -- The doctrinal response -- The precarious balance -- The battles of Christmastide -- Attack in the Ardennes (II) -- "Inadequate means" -- pt. 5. The Eifel -- Two tumors excised : Colmar and the Roer dams -- To the Rhine -- The crossing of the Rhine -- Eastward from the Rhine -- The legions on the Rhine -- The Ruhr -- Berlin -- The national redoubt -- The Elbe, the Moldau, and the Brenner Pass.
Includes material on "Field Marshal Montgomery and Ike's lieutenants--Omar N. Bradley, Jacob L. Devers, Courtney H. Hodges, George S. Patton, Jr., Alexander M. Patch, William H. Simpson, Leonard T. Gerow, J. Lawton Collins, and Matthew B. Ridgway, among others."
0253133335 9780253133335
80008175
United States. Army --Biography.
United States. Army.
German Occupation of France (1940-1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Geschichte 1944.
1933 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Generals--United States--Biography.
Generals.
Military campaigns.
Weltkrieg (1939-1945)
France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Germany--History--1933-1945.
France.
Germany.
United States.
Deutschland.
Frankreich.
History.
Biography.
D761 / .W4
940.54/21