Bounce the Rhine (Spellmount Siegfried Line Series) - Charles Whiting
KORTE INHOUD
Britain's most prolific military writer provides an in in-depth and personal account of the last great Allied assault of the Second World War.
In September 1944, Field Marshal Montgomery predicted that his armies would easily ‘bounce the Rhine’ to strike a final, killing blow at the exposed heart of Hitler’s Reich. Over the next eight months, nearly twenty major attempts would be made to breach the ‘Fatherland’ – beginning with the disastrous Allied defeat at Arnhem – only to be repulsed by an exhausted but resilient Wehrmacht. Montgomery’s words seemed a hollow boast until, in April 1945, the hard-fought goal was finally achieved … at the staggering cost of thousands of British and American lives. From the foxhole to the command tent, here is an in-depth and personal account of the last great Allied assault of the Second World War – an unforgettable story of extraordinary courage and military folly, when strategic considerations took second place to the glory-seeking of top commanders.
In September 1944, Field Marshal Montgomery predicted that his armies would easily ‘bounce the Rhine’ to strike a final, killing blow at the exposed heart of Hitler’s Reich. Over the next eight months, nearly twenty major attempts would be made to breach the ‘Fatherland’ – beginning with the disastrous Allied defeat at Arnhem – only to be repulsed by an exhausted but resilient Wehrmacht. Montgomery’s words seemed a hollow boast until, in April 1945, the hard-fought goal was finally achieved … at the staggering cost of thousands of British and American lives. From the foxhole to the command tent, here is an in-depth and personal account of the last great Allied assault of the Second World War – an unforgettable story of extraordinary courage and military folly, when strategic considerations took second place to the glory-seeking of top commanders.
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2007Uitgever: Spellmount Publishers Ltd216 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1862274010ISBN-13: 9781862274013Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, illustrated with b/w photographs, The Spellmount Siegfried Line Series Volume 9, 8vo. [Auteur: Whiting, Charles] [Pagina's: 214] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Stroud : Spellmount] [Jaar: 2007] [Titel: Bounce the Rhine]
