
Patton at Bay
The Lorraine Campaign, 1944
John Nelson Rickard(Author)
Potomac Books Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. June 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-57488-782-2 (ISBN)
Description
For Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., the battle for Lorraine during the fall and winter of 1944 was a frustrating and grueling experience of static warfare. Plagued by supply shortages, critical interference from superiors, flooded rivers, fortified cities, and the highly determined German army, Patton had little opportunity to wage the type of fast armored campaign of which he was so enamored. Author John Rickard examines Patton's generalship during these bitter battles and suggests that Patton was unable to adapt to the new realities of the campaign, thereby failing to wage the most effective warfare possible. Relying on a broad range of historical sources, including personal papers and division after-action reports, this treatment of Patton's operational performance in Lorraine goes beyond the official history. It describes Patton's philosophy of war and explains why it failed him in Lorraine. Supplemented by full orders of battle, casualty and equipment loses, and excellent maps based on Hugh M. Cole's official U.S. Army history of the campaign, Patton at Bay,/i> is a penetrating study of one of America's best fighting generals.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Dulles
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57488-782-2 (9781574887822)
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Persons
John Nelson Rickard is a Canadian army officer completing his Ph.D. in military history at the University of New Brunswick. His area of expertise is World War II with particular emphasis on the campaigns in northwest Europe. He lives in Alberta, Canada.
Content
Foreword by Carlo D'Este Preface 1. A Philosophy of Battle 2. From Theory to Practice 3. Orders of Battle 4. Strategy, Logistics, and Perception 5. Breaching the Line of the Moselle 6. Opportunity and Counterattack 7. The Problem of Metz 8. Correcting the Army Line 9. Planning for the November Offensive 10. The Fall of Metz 11. Advance to the West Wall 12. Assessment Appendix Selected Bibliography Index