Crossing the Zorn

The January 1945 Battle at Herrlisheim as Told by the American and German Soldiers Who Fought It
Herausgeber: Monroe-Jones, Edward

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Produktbeschreibung

Conceived in desperation after the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945, Germany's Operation Nordwind culminated in the frozen Alsatian fields surrounding the Zorn River. In what was expected to be an easy offensive, the German 10th Waffen SS Panzer Division attacked the American 12th Armored Division near the villages of Herrlisheim and Weyersheim. Neither army foresaw the savage violence that ensued. Combining the vivid eyewitness accounts of veterans from both sides of the conflict with information gleaned from a variety of long-unavailable print sources, this richly detailed history casts a fascinating light on a little-known but crucial battle in the Second World War. Common stalwart German and American soldiers carried out near-impossible orders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780786447121
• ISBN-10: 0786447125
• Artikelnr.: 28179693

Autorenporträt

Edward Monroe-Jones, formerly with the U.S. Submarine Service, has written extensively on military history. He is a management consultant in the area of labor relations and organizational development. He lives in Orange, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Part I : Roads to Alsace
Introduction to Part I     
1. Texas and Le Bec Hellouin, December 1943     
2. Russia and Spokane, December 1941     
3. Vienna and Fallingbostel, November 1942     
4. German POWs and the Frundsberg Division, June 1943     
5. Camp Barkeley and Russian-Occupied Poland, April 1944     
6. Normandy, August 1944     
7. Camp Shanks, New York, September 1944     
8. Zutphen and the SS Empress of Australia, September 1944     
9. Operation Market Garden, September 1944     
10. The Salisbury Plain and St. Pölten, October 1944     
11. Le Havre and Beyond, November 1944     
Part II : Alsace
Introduction to Part II     
12. Bining, Rohrbach and Roeschwoog, December 1944     
13. Schweighausen and La Breymuhl, January 1945     
14. Althussheim, January 1945     
15. The Steinwald, January 1945     
16. East of the Zorn River, January 1945     
17. Herrlisheim, January 1945     
18. Weyersheim, January 1945     
19. The Bruchwald, January 1945     
Part III : Beyond Alsace
Introduction to Part III     
20. Oberhoffen and Heidenheim, February-May 1945     
21. Stalag XI-B and Berlin, April 1945     
22. Michigan, Texas, Mississippi, Niedernhal, Vienna and Fachingen
Lahn     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index