Ken Ford

The Rhine Crossings 1945 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'The last great heave of war,' according to Churchill, took place with the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. No invading army had crossed this great river since Napoleon's in 1805 and the task fell to Field Marshal Montgomery's 21st Army Group. 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849087230
• Artikelnr.: 40475606

Autorenporträt

Ken Ford was born in Hampshire in 1943. He trained as an engineer and spent almost thirty years in the telecommunications industry before a change in career led him to become a full time military historian. He is the author of over twenty books on various aspects of World War II. Ken now lives in Southampton. The author lives in Southhampton, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the Battle
Chronology
Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
Breakout Battle
Battlefield Today
Bibliography