United States Army in World War 2. Contains the story of the First and Ninth U.S. Armies from the first crossings of the German border in September 1944 to the enemy's counteroffensive in the Ardennes in December, including the reduuction of Aa

European Theater of Operations: the Siegfried Line Campaign (United States Army in World War II)

History

MacDONALD, Charles B.

Military

Dept. of the Army

Battle of the Bulge

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

”Almighty GodOur sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor.” It was with these words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the troops that were to mount the final assault on Nazi-dominated Europe on D-day, June 6, 1944. The Mighty Endeavor is a sweeping history of American action in the European theater in World War II, covering the entire scope of America's effort ”to set free from Nazi tyranny a suffering humanity.”From the first landings at Casablanca straight through to the crossing of the Elbe River and V-E Day, this book tells the gripping stories of all the battles in which Americans took part. At its core are accounts of such dramatic episodes as Kasserine Pass, Salerno and Anzio, D-day, the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, and the crossing of the Rhine. MacDonald's sources include official U.S. Army records and interviews with soldiers from the lowest ranks to top-level officers such as Generals Eisenhower and Bradley. Since its initial publication in 1969, The Mighty Endeavor has retained its reputation as the best one-volume history of the American war in Europe, a true classic of its kind.

The Mighty Endeavor: The American War In Europe

Americas

Da Capo Press

The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb

BROWN, ANTHONY CAVE

Dell Publishing

After major setbacks in the Ardennes, the Allies launched a massive offensive in January 1945 that involved the largest American force ever assembled. This official history re-creates the "beginning of the end"of World War II. Dramatic accounts include the capture of the bridge at Remagen and the crossing of the Rhine, the liberation of the concentration camps, the battle for Berlin, and other hard-fought landmarks on the road to the triumph of the Allies. Written by an eminent army historian who served on the Western front, this authoritative report was prepared under the auspices of the U. S. Army Center of Military History. Its crisp, coherent narratives of complex operations will captivate both readers familiar with the events of World War II and those new to military history. Battles, personalities, and scenes from the conflict and its aftermath are depicted by 26 maps and 92 illustrations.

Victory in Europe, 1945: The Last Offensive of World War II (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

Dover Publications

Company Commander

Bantam Books, Inc.

Graphic account of infantry warfare from the shores of Normandy to the German lines at Leipzig, by a twenty-one-year-old infantry captain

Bantam]

The Siegfried Line Campaign parallels the effort in Lorraine, following the U.S. First and Ninth Armies during the fall of 1944, through similar costly fighting. The narrative takes the reader from the first crossings of the German border on September 11, 1944, to the enemy's counteroffensive, which ended the campaign abruptly inside Germany along the Roer River on December 16. Highlighted are the piercing of the West Wall, the reduction of Aachen, the bitter fighting in the Huertgen Forest, and the operation of the First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Markey-Garden in the Netherlands . American participation in opening Antwerp and clearing the Peel Marshes is also included. The Siegfried Line Campaign is primarily a history of tactical operations in northwestern Europe from early September to mid-December 1944. In addition to the detailed coverage of the campaigns of the U.S. First and Ninth Armies and the First Allied Airborne Army, it sketches the concurrent operations of the Second British and First Canadian Armies. Organized into chapters at the corps level, the story is told primarily at division level with numerous descents to regiment and battalion and even at times to lover units. Logistics and high-level planning (for example, the controversy over single-thrust versus broad-front strategy) are treated where they affected the campaign. Staff operations at army or corps level are discussed when relevant to the development of tactical plans and operations.

The Siegfried Line campaign : U.S. Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations

Whitman Pub Llc

The Last Offensive chronicles the operations of all five U.S. armies from early January 1945 to V-E Day (May 8). Special attention is given to the Operation Grenade and the sweep to the Rhine (historic boundary of German power); the seizure of the Remagen bridge; the multiple crossings of the Rhine; and the employment of airbourne troops in Operation Varsity. The story ends with the drive to the Elbe and juncture with the Soviets and, in the south. with the occupation of Germany's Alpine Redoubt. The Last Offensive is a dramatic piece of military history and offers a varied array of ground-force operations. Given the gigantic size of the operations, this volme is structured with emphasis on the amry buy with close scrutiny of important engagements by divisional organizations.

The Last Offensive (United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations)

In September 1944, three months after the invasion of Normandy, the Allied armies prepared to push the German forces back into their homeland. Just south of the city of Aachen, elements of the U.S. First Army began an advance through the imposing Huertgen Forest. Instead of retreating, as the Allied command anticipated, the German troops prepared an elaborate defense of Huertgen, resulting in a struggle where tanks, infantry, and artillery dueled at close range. The battle for the forest ended abruptly in December, when a sudden German offensive through the Ardennes to the south forced the Allied armies to fall back, regroup, and start their attack again, this time culminating in the collapse of the Nazi regime in May 1945.
In The Battle of the Huertgen Forest, Charles B. MacDonald assesses this major American operation, discussing the opposing forces on the eve of the battle and offering a clearly written and well-documented history of the battle and the bitter consequences of the American move into the forest. Drawing on his own combat experience, MacDonald portrays both the American and the German troops with empathy and convincingly demonstrates the flaws in the American strategy. The book provides an insight into command decisions at both local and staff levels and the lessons that can be drawn from one of the bloodiest battles of World War II.

The Battle of the Huertgen Forest

Literature & Fiction

Literary

University of Pennsylvania Press

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European Theater of Operations: the Siegfried Line Campaign (United States Army in World War II)

Battle of the Bulge

The Mighty Endeavor: The American War In Europe

The Secret History of the Atomic Bomb

Victory in Europe, 1945: The Last Offensive of World War II (Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor)

Company Commander

Company Commander

The Siegfried Line campaign : U.S. Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations

The Last Offensive (United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations)

The Battle of the Huertgen Forest