The Rhine Crossings 1945

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Description

A highly illustrated account of the crossings of the great river, which Churchill called 'The last great heave of war'.

No invading army had crossed the Rhine since Napoleon's in 1805 and the task fell to Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group in 1945. Opposing them were the forces of a failing fascist regime, including battalions of old men and boys, strengthened by several formations of crack troops including paratroopers and Panzer Grenadiers.

With an elaborate description of the combined Allied attack, second in magnitude only to the Normandy invasion, this book charts the history of the last great set-piece battle of the war that ultimately brought the defeat of Hitler's Nazi regime one step closer.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Battle

Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
Breakout Battle
Battlefield Today

Bibliography

Product details

Published 01 Jan 2011
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781849087230
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 55 b/w; 16 col
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 178
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ken Ford

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained…

Illustrator

Howard Gerrard

Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of A…

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