Lorraine 1944: Patton vs Manteuffel (Osprey Campaign 75) (Repost)
Lorraine 1944: Patton vs Manteuffel (Osprey Campaign 75)
Osprey Publishing | 2000 | ISBN-10: 1841760897 | ISBN-13: 978 1841760896 | English | 96 Pages | PDF (e-book) | 5,4 MB
Osprey Publishing | 2000 | ISBN-10: 1841760897 | ISBN-13: 978 1841760896 | English | 96 Pages | PDF (e-book) | 5,4 MB
Osprey's examination of the confrontation between the US Army and German forces in Lorraine during World War II (1939-1945). In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles. The battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the better-equipped and better-trained US Army. The Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the US Army from establishing bridgeheads over the Moselle along Germany's western frontier.