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Rhineland 1945, The - The Last Killing Ground in the West

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

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

Last Stocked on 10/16/2024

Product Info

Title
Rhineland 1945, The - The Last Killing Ground in the West
Publisher
Category
Author
Ken Ford
Publish Year
2000
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147398934
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM074
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM74

Description

Known as the last great 'stand-up fight' of the Second World War the battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme. Eisenhower's 'broad front' policy called for the whole of the Rhineland to be taken before pushing his troops across the Rhine and into Germany itself. The Germans opened the Roer dams in a vain bid to temper this massive Allied offensive and this called for a drastic change in tactics. The ensuing battle was characterized by amphibious assaults on the fortified villages of the flooded Rhine lowlands, frontal assaults on the much vaunted Siegfried Line and the grim fighting for the Reichswald Forest. It was to be 'the last great killing ground in the west'. Campaigns 5, 24, 74 and 75 are also available in a single volume special edition as ‘Into the Reich’.