Battle for Western Europe, Fall 1944 - An Operational Assessment

Informationen zum Autor John A. Adams is author of If Mahan Ran the Great Pacific War (IUP, 2008). Klappentext Adams demonstrates that Eisenhower and his staff at SHAEF had a good campaign strategy, refined to reflect developments on the ground, which had an excellent chance of destroying the Germans west of the Rhine. Zusammenfassung Reexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. This book demonstrates that not only did Eisenhower and his staff at SHAEF have a good campaign strategy that was refined to reflect current developments but that they also had a chance of destroying the Germans. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Preface 1. Culmination 2. Logistics 3. SHAEF's Plan 4. It Wasn't Arnhem versus Antwerp 5. Concentrate, General Bradley 6. Patton's Lorraine Campaign 7. November Rerun 8. Opportunity in the South Conclusion: Unity of Command Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: John Adams, John A Adams, John A. Adams
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2010
• EAN: 9780253354358
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35435-8
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Indiana University Press; Twentieth-Century Battles
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945)