Eisenhower's lieutenants : the campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 /
Material type: TextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1981.Description: xviii, 800 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 0253133335
- 9780253133335
- 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
- 940.54/21 19
- D761 .W4
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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NF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 940.54 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | D761 .W4 | 1 | Available | 34517000207939 |
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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