Praeger - Lorraine 1944 - Patton versus Manteuffel

Author: Steven J Zaloga
Illustrator: Tony Bryan
Publisher: Praeger Publishers, February 2004
ISBN 0-275-98264-5
Hardcover, 96 pages, measures (in inches) 9.8 x 7.5 x 0.5

About this Book
In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles. The battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the better-equipped and better-trained US Army. The Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the US Army from establishing bridgeheads over the Moselle along Germany's western frontier.

Contents

• Origins of the Battle
  
• Opposing Commanders
  
• Opposing Armies
  
• Opposing Plans
  
• The Moselle Bridgeheads
  
• Defense or Counter-Attack in Lorraine?
  
• The Panzers Attack
  
• Stalemate
  
• The Battlefield Today
  
• Chronology
  
• Wargaming the Lorraine battles
  
• Select bibliography