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Hitler's defeat on the Western Front, 1944-1945 : rare photographs from wartime archives / Hans Seidler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seidler, Hans, author.
- Series:
- Images of war.
- Images of War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Military campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (146 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2019.
- Summary:
- This WWII pictorial history vividly captures the Allied liberation of Europe from Normandy to Berlin through rare wartime photographs. With this volume in the Images of War series, readers witness the intensity of the fighting as Allied forces make their way from the beaches of Normandy through France and the Low Countries and finally into Germany itself. Despite demoralizing withdrawals and reversals, the German military forces-including the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Hitlerjugend, and Volkssturm-continued to inflict significant losses on their superior enemies. But when the Allies crossed the Rhine in early 1945 with the Russians closing on Berlin from the East, the shattered remnants of Hitler's once all-conquering forces had nowhere to go. Though fanatical elements of Nazi guerrillas continued to fight to the death, most of the survivors accepted surrender. The graphic images in this volume capture the drama of that historic period.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Prelude to Disaster
- Chapter One Defending Northern France
- Chapter Two Battles in Holland and Belgium
- Chapter Three Defending the Rhine
- Chapter Four Last Battles in the West
- Appendix One Weapons Composition, 1944
- Appendix Two Composition of an Infantry and Panzergrenadier Division
- Appendix Three Order of Battle: 6 June 1944
- Appendix Four Order of Battle: Holland, September 1944
- Appendix Five Order of Battle: Ardennes, 15 December 1944
- Appendix Six Order of Battle: Defence on the Western Front, March &
- April 1945
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781526731609
- 1526731606
- 9781526731586
- 1526731584
- OCLC:
- 1103222204
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