Rhineland
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-5992-1 (ISBN)
The Rhineland was where Adolf Hitler sowed the seeds for the Second World War when he remilitarized it in breach of the Treaty of Versailles in 1936, and by late 1944 the Rhine provided the last major obstacle to the advancing Allied armies that were threatening the Fatherland itself.
In this new history of this vital campaign, respected military historian Anthony Tucker-Jones describes the race against time as the Germans fought to stave off the inevitable. It was essential that the Germans held the west bank in order to protect the Rhine crossings at Cologne, Bonn, Koblenz and Remagen, but Hitler was intent on counter-attacking in the Ardennes in the winter of 1944 and this meant there was little left to bolster the defences of the Rhine.
Rhineland relates the course of this desperate defence, describing the build-up of forces and operational plans before going on to tell the story of the campaign from the point of view of the forces involved, from the ordinary German soldier through to the high command.
Anthony Tucker-Jones, a former intelligence officer, is a highly prolific writer and military historian with well over 50 books to his name. His work has also been published in an array of magazines and online. He regularly appears on television and radio commenting on current and historical military matters.
Chapter 1: Aachen the First Humiliation,
Chapter 2: Hell in Hurtgen
Chapter 3: Trapped at Colmar
Chapter 4: Death in the Reichswald,
Chapter 5: Threat to Duisburg and Dusseldorf
Chapter 6: Operation Lumberjack
Chapter 7: Bridge at Remagen
Chapter 8: Patton Crosses
Chapter 9: Facing Monty at Rees
Chapter 10: Wesel is Lost,
Chapter 11: Behind the Lines
Chapter 12: Patton Crosses Again
Chapter 13: De Gaulle's Land Grab
Chapter 14: Flight to the Ruhr
Chapter 15: Fractured Fortress
Chapter 16: Hitler's Last Defence
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.10.2025 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16 pages of plates with black and white images; black and white maps throughout the book. |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4728-5992-8 / 1472859928 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4728-5992-1 / 9781472859921 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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