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Rhineland: Hitler's Last Defence 1944-45 - (9781472859921)
In this new history of this vital campaign respected military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones describes the race against time as the Germans fought to stave off the inevitable. It was essential that the Germans held the west bank in order to protect the Rhine crossings at Cologne Bonn Koblenz and Remagen but Hitler was intent on counter-attacking in the Ardennes in the winter of 1944 and this meant there was little left to bolster the defences of the Rhine.
Rhineland relates the course of this desperate defence describing the build-up of forces and operational plans before going on to tell the story of the campaign from the point of view of the forces involved from the ordinary German soldier through to the high command.
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- 288 pages
- Illustrated
- Hardcover
- Book dimensions are 9 x 6
In this new history of this vital campaign respected military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones describes the race against time as the Germans fought to stave off the inevitable. It was essential that the Germans held the west bank in order to protect the Rhine crossings at Cologne Bonn Koblenz and Remagen but Hitler was intent on counter-attacking in the Ardennes in the winter of 1944 and this meant there was little left to bolster the defences of the Rhine.
Rhineland relates the course of this desperate defence describing the build-up of forces and operational plans before going on to tell the story of the campaign from the point of view of the forces involved from the ordinary German soldier through to the high command.
