Steven J. Zaloga

Operation Nordwind 1945 (eBook, PDF)

Hitler's last offensive in the West
Illustrator: Laurier, Jim

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The last great assault by the German Army in the West.

Operation Nordwind is one of the lesser known campaigns of World War II yet one of the more intriguing. Largely overshadowed by the Battle of the Bulge further north, Nordwind was the last great operation by the Waffen-SS Panzer divisions in the west, and the last time the Wehrmacht was on the offensive in the West. The campaign also highlights the difficulties of inter-Allied cooperation between the Americans and the French.

Though extensively treated in German and French accounts, the campaign has not been well covered in English until now. Alongside detailed illustrations and maps, Steven J. Zaloga unpacks the story of one of Hitler's final battles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782002642
• Artikelnr.: 38351178

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Origins of the battle
Chronology
The strategic setting
The opposing commanders
Opposing plans
The opposing armies
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefield today
Further reading
Index