Bounce the Rhine

Volume 9

von Charles Whiting

Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 20 major attempts would be made to breach the "Fatherland"--beginning with the disastrous Allied defeat at Arhem--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 World War II--an unforgettable story of extraordinary courage and military folly, when strategic considerations took second place to the glory-seeking of top commanders.

• ISBN: 9781862274013
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2008
• Größe: 196 x 124 mm
• Verlag: History Press