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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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