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Eisenhower's lieutenants : the campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, �1981.Description: xviii, 800 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253133335
  • 9780253133335
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.54/21 19
LOC classification:
  • D761 .W4
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF 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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