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Siegfried Line 1944-45, The - Battles on the German Frontier

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Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War II - Western Front

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Title
Siegfried Line 1944-45, The - Battles on the German Frontier
Publisher
Category
Author
Steven Zaloga
Publish Year
2007
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.3"
NKG Part #
2147394098
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM181
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM181

Description

The campaign on the German frontier in late 1944 was one of the most frustrating and costly efforts by the US Army in the ETO. The Allies first encountered the Siegfried Line (Westwall) fortifications in September 1944, having pursued the retreating Wehrmacht through Belgium and the Netherlands. The border area around Aachen had been fortified with a double line of bunkers, and both the terrain and the weather made things difficult for the Allies. This book focuses on the involvement of the US First and Ninth armies in the six-month fighting, including the hellish fighting for the Hürtgen forest.

Contents:

Introduction
Chronology
The strategic situation
Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Opposing plans
The campaign
The campaign in retrospect
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index