Roer River Battles: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944–45
by David R. Higgins
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- 1935149296
- ISBN 13
- 9781935149293
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Casemate, 2010. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dustjacket, 264 pages. Following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead in July 1944, the vaunted German Army seemed on the verge of collapse. As British and US forces fanned out across northwestern France, enemy resistance unexpectedly dissolved into a headlong retreat to the German and Belgian borders. In early September an elated Allied High Command had every expectation of continuing their momentum to cripple the enemy's warmaking capability, by capturing the Ruhr industrial complex and plunging into the heart of Germany. After a brief pause to allow for resupply, Courtney Hodge's First Army prepared to punch through the ominous but largely outdated Westwall (Siegfried Line) surrounding Aachen. Drawing on primary Wehrmacht and US sources, including battle analysis and daily situation and after-action reports, The Roer River Battles provides insight into the desperate German efforts to keep a conquering enemy at the borders of their homeland. Tactical maps down to battalion level help clarify the very fluid nature of the combat. Combined, they serve to explain not just how, but why decisions were made and events unfolded, and how reality often differed from doctrine in one of the longest US campaigns of World War II. Record # 374078
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- Title
- Roer River Battles: Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944–45
- Author
- David R. Higgins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1935149296
- ISBN 13
- 9781935149293
- Publisher
- Casemate
- Place of Publication
- Havertown, Pa
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- History, WWII, , .
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