Siegfried Line
1st Edition
Published on 17. September 2009
272 pages
978-1-4617-5163-2 (ISBN)
Description
- The battles for the Germans' last line of defense in World War II, including Arnhem, Aachen, the Huertgen Forest, and Metz
- How German commanders made decisions under fire
Built as a series of forts, bunkers, and tank traps, the West Wall--known as the Siegfried Line to the Allies--stretched along Germany's western border. After D-Day in June 1944, as the Allies raced across France and threatened to pierce into the Reich, the Germans fell back on the West Wall. In desperate fighting--among the war's worst--the Germans held off the Allies for several months.
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Language
English
Place of publication
PA
United States
Illustrations
20 BW Photos, 15 Maps
File size
12,94 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4617-5163-2 (9781461751632)
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Samuel W. Mitcham Jr.
Siegfried Line, the
The German Defense of the West Wall, September-December 1944
Book
09/2009
Stackpole Books
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Person
Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., is the author of more than twenty books on World War II. He lives in Louisiana.
Content
- The Siegfried Line
- Contents
- Chapter 1. The Great Wall of Hitler
- Chapter 2. The Retreat
- Chapter 3. The Retreat Ends
- Chapter 4. Arnhem
- Chapter 5. Aachen
- Chapter 6. The Battle of the Huertgen Forest (Part 1)
- Chapter 7. Operation Queen: The Allied November Offensive
- Chapter 8. The Battle of the Huertgen Forest (Part 2)
- Chapter 9. Metz and Alsace-Lorraine
- Chapter 10. Clearing the Scheldt
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
