Praeger - The Rhineland 1945 - The Final Push into Germany

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Also published as: Osprey Campaign 74: The Rhineland 1945
Author: Ken Ford
Illustrator: Tony Bryan
Publisher: Praeger Publishers, February 2004
ISBN 0-275-98269-6
Hardcover, 96 pages, measures (in inches) 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.5

About this Book
Known as the last great 'stand-up fight' of the Second World War the battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme. Eisenhower's 'broad front' policy called for the whole of the Rhineland to be taken before pushing his troops across the Rhine and into Germany itself. The Germans opened the Roer dams in a vain bid to temper this massive Allied offensive and this called for a drastic change in tactics. The ensuing battle was characterised by amphibious assaults on the fortified villages of the flooded Rhine lowlands, frontal assaults on the much vaunted Siegfried Line and the grim fighting for the Reichswald Forest. It was to be 'the last great killing ground in the west'.

Contents

  • Origins of the Battle
  • The Opposing Commanders
  • The Opposing Armies
  • The Opposing Plans
  • Operation 'Veritable'
  • Operation 'Grenade'
  • The Final Battle
  • Aftermath
  • The Battlefield Today
  • Chronology
  • Wargaming the Rhineland battles
  • Select bibliography

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