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The Supreme Command

Author: Forrest C Pogue; Center of Military History.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History, U.S. Army : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1996.
Series: United States Army in World War II., European theater of operations.; CMH pub, 7-1.
Edition/Format:   Book : National government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
A description of General Eisenhower₂s wartime command, focusing on the general, his staff, and his superiors in London and Washington and contrasting Allied and enemy command organizations.
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Material Type: Government publication, National government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Forrest C Pogue; Center of Military History.
ISBN: 0160019168 9780160019166
OCLC Number: 34753879
Notes: Originally published: Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1954.
Shipping list no.: 96-0045-S.
Six col. maps on folded leaves attached to p. [3] of cover.
Description: xxi, 607 p., 6 folded leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents: The supreme commander --
The coalition command --
The nature of SHAEF --
The machinery of SHAEF --
Planning before SHAEF --
SHAEF revises plans for the attack --
SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 --
Relations with the occupied countries --
Final preparations for the invasion --
D Day to the breakout --
The breakout and pursuit to the Seine --
The campaign in southern France --
Relations with the French, June-September 1944 --
The pursuit stops short of the Rhine --
Command reorganization, June-October 1944 --
Fighting in the north --
The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 --
Relations with liberated countries --
Program for Germany --
The winter counteroffensives --
The battle for the Rhineland --
The battle for the Ruhr --
The drive to the Elbe --
The drive to the Elbe (continued) --
The German surrender --
The last phase.
Series Title: United States Army in World War II., European theater of operations.; CMH pub, 7-1.
Responsibility: by Forrest C. Pogue.

Abstract:

A description of General Eisenhower₂s wartime command, focusing on the general, his staff, and his superiors in London and Washington and contrasting Allied and enemy command organizations.

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