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Operation Nordwind 1945 - Hitler's Last Offensive in the West

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

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

MSRP old price: $23.95


Product Info

Title
Operation Nordwind 1945 - Hitler's Last Offensive in the West
Publisher
Category
Author
Steven Zaloga
Publish Year
2010
Pages
96
Dimensions
7x10x.3"
NKG Part #
2147430766
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM223
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM223

Description

Operation Nordwind is one of the lesser known campaigns of World War II yet one of the more intriguing. Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge further north, Nordwind was the last great operation by the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions in the west, and the last time the Wehrmacht was on the offensive in the West. The campaign also highlights the difficulties of inter-Allied cooperation between the Americans and the French. This campaign has been extensively treated in German and French accounts, but is not well covered in English.

Contents

  • Origins of the battle
  • Chronology
  • The strategic setting
  • The opposing commanders
  • Opposing plans
  • The opposing armies
  • The campaign
  • Aftermath
  • The battlefield today
  • Further reading
  • Index