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| adam_text | CONTENTS PAGE F O R E W O R D . . . . . . . . . XVII C H A P T E R I
. A D V A N C E I N T O B E L G I U M . I SITUATION IN E U R O P E , S E
P T E M B E R 1944 . . . 1 STRATEGY A N D LOGISTICS . . . . . . 1 S E C
O N D A R M Y S A D V A N C E TO BRUSSELS A N D A N T W E R P . 4
FIRST C A N A D I A N A R M Y ACROSS T H E S O M M E . . . 6 M O N T G O
M E R Y PLANS SEIZURE OF R H I N E BRIDGES . . 7 T W E L F T H A R M Y G
R O U P S PROGRESS . . . . 8 E I S E N H O W E R ORDERS B R O A D
FRONT A D V A N C E . . . 9 POSITION OF G E R M A N ARMIES . . . . . 1
1 C A N A D I A N S C A P T U R E LE H A V R E . . . . . 1 3 STRATEGIC A
R G U M E N T S . . . . . . 1 6 Q U E B E C CONFERENCE, S E P T E M B E
R 1944 . . . 1 8 C O N T R O L OF STRATEGIC AIR FORCES . . . . 19 E I S
E N H O W E R A T BRUSSELS, 10TH S E P T E M B E R . . . 2 1 M O N T G O
M E R Y S DIRECTIVE, 14TH S E P T E M B E R . . . 2 6 C H A P T E R
I I . T H E A R N H E M O P E R A T I O N . 29 P L A N FOR O P E R A T I
O N . . . . . . . 2 9 E N E M Y SITUATION . . . . . . 31 O P E R A T I O
N L A U N C H E D , 17TH S E P T E M B E R . . 31 N I J M A G E N
BRIDGES C A P T U R E D , 20TH S E P T E M B E R . . 39 X X X C O R P S
DRIVE T O A R N H E M HELD U P . . 4 0 1ST A I R B O R N E DIVISION W
I T H D R A W N , 2 6 T H S E P T E M B E R . 44 A R N H E M FIGHTING
DESCRIBED . . . . . 4 5 P L A N A N D O P E R A T I O N ASSESSED . . . .
. 5 0 AIR S U P P O R T . . . . . . . . 53 ALLIED A N D G E R M A N
CASUALTIES . . . . . 5 5 C H A P T E R I I I . C H A N N E L P O R T S
A N D T H E S C H E L D T 5 9 FIRST C A N A D I A N A R M Y S TASK . .
. . - 5 9 C A P T U R E O F B O U L O G N E , 2 1 S T S E P T E M B E R
. . . 6 0 CALAIS TAKEN, 1ST O C T O B E R . . . . . 6 3 F I G H T I N G
SOUTH O F T H E SCHELDT . . . . . 6 6 O P E R A T I O N S N E A R A N T
W E R P . . . . . 6 9 STRATEGY A N D LOGISTICS . . . . . 71 HITLER
ORDERS C O U N T E R - A T T A C K I N N O R T H . . . 7 4 S E P T E M B
E R AIR OPERATIONS . . . . . 7 5 VI CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER IV. STRATEGIC
AFFAIRS AND THE SCHELDT 77 STRATEGIC ARGUMENT CONTINUES . . . . 77
MONTGOMERY CHANGES HIS PLAN . . . . 80 CANADIANS PLAN CLEARANCE OF
SCHELDT . . . 8 1 ARGUMENTS ON COMMAND AND STRATEGY . . . 84 IMPORTANCE
O F ANTWERP . . . . . . 9 4 FIGHTING AXOUND NIJMEGEN . . . . . 9 7
OPERATIONS WEST OF THE MAAS . . . . . 98 I CORPS ATTACK TOWARDS TILBURG
. . . .100 CANADIANS SEAL OFF SOUTH BEVELAND . . . .101 CLEARANCE OF
THE BRESKENS POCKET . . . -103 CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF THE SCHELDT
109 THE OPPOSING FORCES . . . . . .109 I CORPS ADVANCES ON BERGEN OP
ZOOM . . 109 THE SOUTH BEVELAND ISTHMUS . . . . .110 CANDIANS ATTACK
CAUSEWAY TO WALCHEREN . . .113 FLOODING OF WALCHEREN . . . . . 115
ASSAULT FROM THE SEA . . . . . .118 SECOND ARMY ATTACK WESTWARD . . .
.123 I CORPS DRIVES NORTH IN COASTAL AREA . . .125 GERMANS REORGANISE .
. . . . .126 FIGHTING ON THE MARK LINE . . . . .126 OPENING OF THE
SCHELDT . . . . . .127 SINKING OF THE TIRPITZ * * * * * .128 CHAPTER VI.
LOGISTICS 131 BRITISH POSITION IN AUTUMN . . . . .131 PETROL AND
AMMUNITION . . . . . 133 TWELFTH ARMY GROUP MAINTENANCE . . . 135 SIXTH
ARMY GROUP SUPPLIES . . . . 137 IMPORTANCE OF ANTWERP . . . . . .138
SHAEF ADMINISTRATIVE APPRECIATION, NOVEMBER . .138 AMMUNITION AND
MANPOWER SHORTAGES . . .141 INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES OF GERMAN SITUATION .
.142 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER POLICY . . . .146 THE MORGENTHAU PLAN . . .
. . 147 V-WEAPON CAMPAIGN . . . . . .148 ALLIED STRATEGIC BOMBING
OFFENSIVE . . . .150 TACTICAL AIR FORCES ATTACK COMMUNICATIONS . .154
BRUSSELS CONFERENCE, 18TH OCTOBER . . . .154 CONTENTS VII PAGE CHAPTER
VII. OPERATIONS IN THE AUTUMN OF 1944 157 EISENHOWER S DIRECTIVE, 28TH
OCTOBER . . . 157 GERMAN MOVEMENTS . . . . . .159 FIGHTING IN VENLO
POCKET AND AT GEILENKIRCHEN . .160 AMERICAN OFFENSIVES IN NORTH AND
SOUTH . . .161 THE ROER REACHED . . . . . -163 STRASBOURG CAPTURED . . .
. . .165 STRATEGIC ARGUMENTS . . . . . -165 EISENHOWER VISITS LONDON . .
. . .169 FURTHER INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES . . . .170 CHAPTER VIII. THE
GERMAN COUNTER- OFFENSIVE ALLIES SCEPTICAL OF RUMOURED OFFENSIVE GERMAN
PLANS AND PREPARATIONS HITLER S DIRECTIVE, 10TH NOVEMBER
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE STARTS, 16TH DECEMBER . AMERICAN REACTIONS . GERMAN
PROGRESS . . . . . . MONTGOMERY IN COMMAND OF NORTHERN FRONT AMERICANS
STUBBORN DEFENSIVE ACTIONS GERMAN ADVANCE HALTED AIR OPERATIONS . . . .
. ALLIES COUNTER-ATTACK . . . . CONTRIBUTION OF ALLIED AIR FORCES
OPERATIONS ASSESSED . . . . AMERICANS CLEAR THE ARDENNES 175 175 176 178
179 180 182 183 184 186 187 I9 1 192 194 197 CHAPTER IX. HIGH LEVEL
AFFAIRS ARGUMENTS OVER COMMAND STRUCTURE. EISENHOWER PLANS FUTURE
OPERATIONS MONTGOMERY S PRESS CONFERENCE YALTA CONFERENCE ARRANGED
TEDDER VISITS MOSCOW EISENHOWER S PLAN . . . . ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS AT
MALTA THE YALTA CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 1945 PLANS FOR CONTROL OF GERMANY .
199 203 205 207 208 209 212 213 214 VIII CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER X. THE
STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AND MARITIME OPERATIONS . . .219 DISAGREEMENTS
ON BOMBING POLICY . NEW DIRECTIVE, 15TH JANUARY . OPERATIONS IN JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY CLARION AND BUGLE . . . . BOMBING O F DRESDEN . . . .
MARCH OPERATIONS . . . . . AIR MINELAYING . . . . . AIR AND NAVAL
OPERATIONS IN THE SCHELDT AIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING GERMAN SMALL
BATTLE UNITS RENEWED U-BOAT ACTIVITY END OF V-WEAPON OFFENSIVE * 219 221
222 . 224 226 227 . 228 * 230 * 233 * 233 * 234 * 235 C H A P T E R X I
. T H E N I J M E G E N F R O N T A N D B L A C K C O C K 237
SITUATION ON NIJMEGEN FRONT, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER . 237 ATTACK O N
KAPELSCHE VEER . . . . . 238 GERMAN ATTACKS ON NIJMEGEN BRIDGES . . .
240 XII CORPS LAUNCHES BLACKCOCK . . . . 242 GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK . .
. . . . 244 ROER SALIENT CLEARED . . . . . . 247 GERMANS ATTACK IN
ALSACE: POSITION OF STRASBOURG . 247 COLMAR POCKET ELIMINATED . . . . -
2 4 9 AMERICAN OPERATIONS IN NORTH . . . . . 2 4 9 MONTGOMERY S
DIRECTIVE FOR RHINELAND OPERATIONS . 250 C H A P T E R X I I . T H E B A
T T L E S O F T H E R H I N E L A N D 253 THE VERITABLE BATTLEGROUND .
. . . . 253 OPPOSING FORCES, PLANS AND PREPARATIONS . . . 254
VERITABLE LAUNCHED, 8TH FEBRUARY . . . . 257 TRAFFIC BLOCK AT
NUTTERDEN 262 GRENADE POSTPONED BY ROER FLOODS.... 264 HARD F I G H T
I N G F O R X X X CORPS . . . . 265 AIR SUPPORT . . . . . . . . 266 GOCH
CAPTURED . . . . . . . 267 I I CANADIAN CORPS ENTERS BATTLE . . . . 268
VERITABLE PROGRESS REVIEWED . . . . . 2 7 0 CONTENTS IX PAGE GRENADE
LAUNCHED, 23RD FEBRUARY . . . . 271 CANADIANS LAUNCH BLOCKBUSTER . . .
. 2 7 2 BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES MEET . . . - 2 7 4 GERMAN REARGUARD
ACTIONS . . . . . 2 7 6 VERITABLE AND GRENADE COMPLETED . . . 277
KESSELRING REPLACES VON RUNDSTEDT . . . - 2 7 7 C H A P T E R X I I I
. T H E C R O S S I N G O F T H E R H I N E 279 AMERICAN OPERATIONS
SINCE FEBRUARY. . . - 2 7 9 FIRST ARMY ACROSS ROER . . . . . . 280 RHINE
BRIDGE SEIZED A T REMAGEN . . . . 282 THIRD AND SEVENTH ARMIES CLEAR
SAAR PALATINATE . 283 ALLIED CASUALTIES . . . . . . . 2 8 4 TWENTY-FIRST
ARMY GROUP PLANS RHINE CROSSING . . 2 8 5 PREPARATORY AIR ATTACKS . . .
. . . 2 8 7 ASSAULT ACROSS RHINE, 23RD-24TH MARCH . . . 288 AIRBORNE
ASSAULT . . . . . . - 2 9 0 THE BRIDGEHEAD EXPANDED . . . . . 292 C H A
P T E R X I V . F R O M T H E R H I N E T O T H E B A L T I C 295
ALLIED AND GERMAN SITUATIONS IN LATE MARCH . . 295 ALLIES BREAK OUT FROM
RHINE . . . . . 2 9 6 EISENHOWER CHANGES HIS PLAN . . . . . 2 9 7
CHURCHILL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF BERLIN . . . 302 THE NATIONAL REDOUBT
FACTOR . . . . 3 0 2 THE RUHR I S SURROUNDED . . . . . 304 SECOND ARMY
DRIVE T O THE ELBE . . . . 305 ALLIED AND GERMAN REORGANISATION . . . .
309 BELSEN LIBERATED . . . . . . - 3 0 9 VIII CORPS REACHES ELBE . . . .
- 3 1 0 TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY PROBLEMS . . . - 3 1 2 CANADIAN PROGRESS IN
NORTH . . . . 313 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES . . . . - 3 1 5 BREMEN
CAPTURED . . . . . . 316 STRATEGIC BOMBING POLICY REVIEWED . . . . 3 1 6
AIR ATTACKS ON GERMAN NAVY . . . 317 C H A P T E R X V . T O L E I P Z
I G A N D T H E D A N U B E 319 BRADLEY S COMMAND STRENGTHENED FOR DRIVE
ON LEIPZIG. 319 FURTHER RHINE CROSSINGS . . . . . . 320 CONTENTS RUHR
POCKET CLEARED . . . . AMERICANS ADVANCE ON WHOLE FRONT . NINTH ARMY
HALTED AT ELBE CO-ORDINATION OF ADVANCE WITH RUSSIANS . AMERICAN AND
RUSSIAN ARMIES MAKE CONTACT ADVANCE T O THE DANUBE . . . . GERMAN
DEFENCES COLLAPSING PRAGUE TO BE LEFT TO THE RUSSIANS PAGE 322 323 326
327 328 329 331 332 C H A P T E R X V I . T H E G E R M A N S U R R E
N D E R A N D E N D O F T H E W A R I N E U R O P E . 333 EARLY GERMAN
PEACE OVERTURES . . . . 333 DEVELOPMENTS IN BERLIN . . . . . . 334
HIMMLER S PEACE FEELERS . . . . . . 335 HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE . . . . .
. 336 TWENTY-FIRST ARMY GROUP CROSSES ELBE . . - 3 3 7 GERMAN COLLAPSE I
N NORTH . . . . . 338 SURRENDER A T LIINEBURG H E A T H . . . . . 339
DENMARK LIBERATED . . . . . 341 AMERICANS DRIVE TO SALZBURG AND
CZECHOSLOVAKIA . 341 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER A T REIMS . . . . 343
RATIFICATION CEREMONY A T BERLIN . . . . 344 C H A P T E R X V I I . R
E F L E C T I O N S . EISENHOWER S STRATEGY DISCUSSED THE ANTWERP
QUESTION . . . . DECISION TO AIM AT LEIPZIG EISENHOWER S QUALITIES AS
ALLIED COMMANDER DIFFERENCES ON COMMAND GERMAN CONDUCT OF CAMPAIGN
ALLIED CO-OPERATION . . . . MONTGOMERY S QUALITIES . . . . 347 347 350
352 353 354 356 357 APPENDICES PAGE I. THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF .
361 II. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE . . .363 III.
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES ENGAGED . 365 IV. THE ALLIED ARMIES . . . .367 PART
I. FORCES ENGAGED . . . . . 367 II. NOTES ON BRITISH ARMY WEAPONS AND
EQUIP- MENT . . . . . . 383 III. NOTES ON SOME ARMY SERVICES . . . 385
V. THE ALLIED AIR FORCES . . .389 PART I. FORCES ENGAGED . . . . . 389
II. NOTES ON ALLIED AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONS EMPLOYED . . . . . -397 III.
THE ROLE OF AIR POWER IN OVERLORD . . 398 VI. THE ENEMY 401 PART I.
GERMAN COMMAND IN THE WEST . .401 II. GERMAN LAND FORCES ENCOUNTERED BY
THE ALLIES . . . . . . 403 III. GERMAN AIR FORCE . . . . . 404 VII.
ALLIED CASUALTIES AND NOTES ON LOGISTICS 405 PART I. ALLIED STRENGTHS
AND CASUALTIES . . . 405 II. LOGISTICS . . . . . . 408 VIII. RESISTANCE,
CIVIL AFFAIRS AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT . . .411 PART I. FRANCE . . . . .
. .411 II. BELGIUM . . . . . 413 III. HOLLAND 416 IV. DENMARK . . . . .
. 420 V. MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY . . 421 IX. FIELD-MARSHAL
MONTGOMERY S PRESS CONFERENCE, 7TH JANUARY 1945 425 X. THE GERMAN
SO-CALLED NATIONAL REDOUBT 429 XI. CODE NAMES MENTIONED IN TEXT . 433
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CONTENTS PAGE F O R E W O R D . . . . . . . . . XVII C H A P T E R I
. A D V A N C E I N T O B E L G I U M . I SITUATION IN E U R O P E , S E
P T E M B E R 1944 . . . 1 STRATEGY A N D LOGISTICS . . . . . . 1 S E C
O N D A R M Y ' S A D V A N C E TO BRUSSELS A N D A N T W E R P . 4
FIRST C A N A D I A N A R M Y ACROSS T H E S O M M E . . . 6 M O N T G O
M E R Y PLANS SEIZURE OF R H I N E BRIDGES . . 7 T W E L F T H A R M Y G
R O U P ' S PROGRESS . . . . 8 E I S E N H O W E R ORDERS ' B R O A D
FRONT' A D V A N C E . . . 9 POSITION OF G E R M A N ARMIES . . . . . 1
1 C A N A D I A N S C A P T U R E LE H A V R E . . . . . 1 3 STRATEGIC A
R G U M E N T S . . . . . . 1 6 Q U E B E C CONFERENCE, S E P T E M B E
R 1944 . . . 1 8 C O N T R O L OF STRATEGIC AIR FORCES . . . . 19 E I S
E N H O W E R A T BRUSSELS, 10TH S E P T E M B E R . . . 2 1 M O N T G O
M E R Y ' S DIRECTIVE, 14TH S E P T E M B E R . . . 2 6 C H A P T E R
I I . T H E A R N H E M O P E R A T I O N . 29 P L A N FOR O P E R A T I
O N . . . . . . . 2 9 E N E M Y SITUATION . . . . . . 31 O P E R A T I O
N L A U N C H E D , 17TH S E P T E M B E R . . 31 N I J M A G E N
BRIDGES C A P T U R E D , 20TH S E P T E M B E R . . 39 X X X C O R P S
' DRIVE T O A R N H E M HELD U P . . 4 0 1ST A I R B O R N E DIVISION W
I T H D R A W N , 2 6 T H S E P T E M B E R . 44 A R N H E M FIGHTING
DESCRIBED . . . . . 4 5 P L A N A N D O P E R A T I O N ASSESSED . . . .
. 5 0 AIR S U P P O R T . . . . . . . . 53 ALLIED A N D G E R M A N
CASUALTIES . . . . . 5 5 C H A P T E R I I I . C H A N N E L P O R T S
A N D T H E S C H E L D T 5 9 FIRST C A N A D I A N A R M Y ' S TASK . .
. . - 5 9 C A P T U R E O F B O U L O G N E , 2 1 S T S E P T E M B E R
. . . 6 0 CALAIS TAKEN, 1ST O C T O B E R . . . . . 6 3 F I G H T I N G
SOUTH O F T H E SCHELDT . . . . . 6 6 O P E R A T I O N S N E A R A N T
W E R P . . . . . 6 9 STRATEGY A N D LOGISTICS . . . . . 71 HITLER
ORDERS C O U N T E R - A T T A C K I N N O R T H . . . 7 4 S E P T E M B
E R AIR OPERATIONS . . . . . 7 5 VI CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER IV. STRATEGIC
AFFAIRS AND THE SCHELDT 77 STRATEGIC ARGUMENT CONTINUES . . . . 77
MONTGOMERY CHANGES HIS PLAN . . . . 80 CANADIANS PLAN CLEARANCE OF
SCHELDT . . . 8 1 ARGUMENTS ON COMMAND AND STRATEGY . . . 84 IMPORTANCE
O F ANTWERP . . . . . . 9 4 FIGHTING AXOUND NIJMEGEN . . . . . 9 7
OPERATIONS WEST OF THE MAAS . . . . . 98 I CORPS' ATTACK TOWARDS TILBURG
. . . .100 CANADIANS SEAL OFF SOUTH BEVELAND . . . .101 CLEARANCE OF
THE'BRESKENS POCKET' . . . -103 CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF THE SCHELDT
109 THE OPPOSING FORCES . . . . . .109 I CORPS ADVANCES ON BERGEN OP
ZOOM . . 109 THE SOUTH BEVELAND ISTHMUS . . . . .110 CANDIANS ATTACK
CAUSEWAY TO WALCHEREN . . .113 FLOODING OF WALCHEREN . . . . . 115
ASSAULT FROM THE SEA . . . . . .118 SECOND ARMY ATTACK WESTWARD . . .
.123 I CORPS DRIVES NORTH IN COASTAL AREA . . .125 GERMANS REORGANISE .
. . . . .126 FIGHTING ON THE MARK LINE . . . . .126 OPENING OF THE
SCHELDT . . . . . .127 SINKING OF THE TIRPITZ * * * * * .128 CHAPTER VI.
LOGISTICS 131 BRITISH POSITION IN AUTUMN . . . . .131 PETROL AND
AMMUNITION . . . . . 133 TWELFTH ARMY GROUP MAINTENANCE . . . 135 SIXTH
ARMY GROUP SUPPLIES . . . . 137 IMPORTANCE OF ANTWERP . . . . . .138
SHAEF ADMINISTRATIVE APPRECIATION, NOVEMBER . .138 AMMUNITION AND
MANPOWER SHORTAGES . . .141 INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES OF GERMAN SITUATION .
.142 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER POLICY . . . .146 THE MORGENTHAU PLAN . . .
. . 147 V-WEAPON CAMPAIGN . . . . . .148 ALLIED STRATEGIC BOMBING
OFFENSIVE . . . .150 TACTICAL AIR FORCES ATTACK COMMUNICATIONS . .154
BRUSSELS CONFERENCE, 18TH OCTOBER . . . .154 CONTENTS VII PAGE CHAPTER
VII. OPERATIONS IN THE AUTUMN OF 1944 157 EISENHOWER'S DIRECTIVE, 28TH
OCTOBER . . . 157 GERMAN MOVEMENTS . . . . . .159 FIGHTING IN VENLO
POCKET AND AT GEILENKIRCHEN . .160 AMERICAN OFFENSIVES IN NORTH AND
SOUTH . . .161 THE ROER REACHED . . . . . -163 STRASBOURG CAPTURED . . .
. . .165 STRATEGIC ARGUMENTS . . . . . -165 EISENHOWER VISITS LONDON . .
. . .169 FURTHER INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES . . . .170 CHAPTER VIII. THE
GERMAN COUNTER- OFFENSIVE ALLIES SCEPTICAL OF RUMOURED OFFENSIVE GERMAN
PLANS AND PREPARATIONS HITLER'S DIRECTIVE, 10TH NOVEMBER
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE STARTS, 16TH DECEMBER . AMERICAN REACTIONS . GERMAN
PROGRESS . . . . . . MONTGOMERY IN COMMAND OF NORTHERN FRONT AMERICANS'
STUBBORN DEFENSIVE ACTIONS GERMAN ADVANCE HALTED AIR OPERATIONS . . . .
. ALLIES COUNTER-ATTACK . . . . CONTRIBUTION OF ALLIED AIR FORCES
OPERATIONS ASSESSED . . . . AMERICANS CLEAR THE ARDENNES 175 175 176 178
179 180 182 183 184 186 187 I9 1 192 194 197 CHAPTER IX. HIGH LEVEL
AFFAIRS ARGUMENTS OVER COMMAND STRUCTURE. EISENHOWER PLANS FUTURE
OPERATIONS MONTGOMERY'S PRESS CONFERENCE YALTA CONFERENCE ARRANGED
TEDDER VISITS MOSCOW EISENHOWER'S PLAN . . . . ANGLO-AMERICAN TALKS AT
MALTA THE YALTA CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 1945 PLANS FOR CONTROL OF GERMANY .
199 203 205 207 208 209 212 213 214 VIII CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER X. THE
STRATEGIC AIR OFFENSIVE AND MARITIME OPERATIONS . . .219 DISAGREEMENTS
ON BOMBING POLICY . NEW DIRECTIVE, 15TH JANUARY . OPERATIONS IN JANUARY
AND FEBRUARY 'CLARION' AND 'BUGLE' . . . . BOMBING O F DRESDEN . . . .
MARCH OPERATIONS . . . . . AIR MINELAYING . . . . . AIR AND NAVAL
OPERATIONS IN THE SCHELDT AIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING GERMAN SMALL
BATTLE UNITS RENEWED U-BOAT ACTIVITY END OF V-WEAPON OFFENSIVE * 219 221
222 . 224 226 227 . 228 * 230 * 233 * 233 * 234 * 235 C H A P T E R X I
. T H E N I J M E G E N F R O N T A N D ' B L A C K C O C K ' 237
SITUATION ON NIJMEGEN FRONT, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER . 237 ATTACK O N
KAPELSCHE VEER . . . . . 238 GERMAN ATTACKS ON NIJMEGEN BRIDGES . . .
240 XII CORPS LAUNCHES 'BLACKCOCK' . . . . 242 GERMAN COUNTER-ATTACK . .
. . . . 244 ROER SALIENT CLEARED . . . . . . 247 GERMANS ATTACK IN
ALSACE: POSITION OF STRASBOURG . 247 COLMAR POCKET ELIMINATED . . . . -
2 4 9 AMERICAN OPERATIONS IN NORTH . . . . . 2 4 9 MONTGOMERY'S
DIRECTIVE FOR RHINELAND OPERATIONS . 250 C H A P T E R X I I . T H E B A
T T L E S O F T H E R H I N E L A N D 253 THE 'VERITABLE' BATTLEGROUND .
. . . . 253 OPPOSING FORCES, PLANS AND PREPARATIONS . . . 254
'VERITABLE' LAUNCHED, 8TH FEBRUARY . . . . 257 TRAFFIC BLOCK AT
NUTTERDEN 262 'GRENADE' POSTPONED BY ROER FLOODS. 264 HARD F I G H T
I N G F O R X X X CORPS . . . . 265 AIR SUPPORT . . . . . . . . 266 GOCH
CAPTURED . . . . . . . 267 I I CANADIAN CORPS ENTERS BATTLE . . . . 268
'VERITABLE' PROGRESS REVIEWED . . . . . 2 7 0 CONTENTS IX PAGE 'GRENADE'
LAUNCHED, 23RD FEBRUARY . . . . 271 CANADIANS LAUNCH 'BLOCKBUSTER' . . .
. 2 7 2 BRITISH AND AMERICAN FORCES MEET . . . - 2 7 4 GERMAN REARGUARD
ACTIONS . . . . . 2 7 6 'VERITABLE' AND 'GRENADE' COMPLETED . . . 277
KESSELRING REPLACES VON RUNDSTEDT . . . - 2 7 7 C H A P T E R X I I I
. T H E C R O S S I N G O F T H E R H I N E 279 AMERICAN OPERATIONS
SINCE FEBRUARY. . . - 2 7 9 FIRST ARMY ACROSS ROER . . . . . . 280 RHINE
BRIDGE SEIZED A T REMAGEN . . . . 282 THIRD AND SEVENTH ARMIES CLEAR
SAAR PALATINATE . 283 ALLIED CASUALTIES . . . . . . . 2 8 4 TWENTY-FIRST
ARMY GROUP PLANS RHINE CROSSING . . 2 8 5 PREPARATORY AIR ATTACKS . . .
. . . 2 8 7 ASSAULT ACROSS RHINE, 23RD-24TH MARCH . . . 288 AIRBORNE
ASSAULT . . . . . . - 2 9 0 THE BRIDGEHEAD EXPANDED . . . . . 292 C H A
P T E R X I V . F R O M T H E R H I N E T O T H E B A L T I C 295
ALLIED AND GERMAN SITUATIONS IN LATE MARCH . . 295 ALLIES BREAK OUT FROM
RHINE . . . . . 2 9 6 EISENHOWER CHANGES HIS PLAN . . . . . 2 9 7
CHURCHILL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF BERLIN . . . 302 THE 'NATIONAL REDOUBT'
FACTOR . . . . 3 0 2 THE RUHR I S SURROUNDED . . . . . 304 SECOND ARMY
DRIVE T O THE ELBE . . . . 305 ALLIED AND GERMAN REORGANISATION . . . .
309 BELSEN LIBERATED . . . . . . - 3 0 9 VIII CORPS REACHES ELBE . . . .
- 3 1 0 TRANSPORT AND SUPPLY PROBLEMS . . . - 3 1 2 CANADIAN PROGRESS IN
NORTH . . . . 313 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DIES . . . . - 3 1 5 BREMEN
CAPTURED . . . . . . 316 STRATEGIC BOMBING POLICY REVIEWED . . . . 3 1 6
AIR ATTACKS ON GERMAN NAVY . . . 317 C H A P T E R X V . T O L E I P Z
I G A N D T H E D A N U B E 319 BRADLEY'S COMMAND STRENGTHENED FOR DRIVE
ON LEIPZIG. 319 FURTHER RHINE CROSSINGS . . . . . . 320 CONTENTS RUHR
'POCKET' CLEARED . . . . AMERICANS ADVANCE ON WHOLE FRONT . NINTH ARMY
HALTED AT ELBE CO-ORDINATION OF ADVANCE WITH RUSSIANS . AMERICAN AND
RUSSIAN ARMIES MAKE CONTACT ADVANCE T O THE DANUBE . . . . GERMAN
DEFENCES COLLAPSING PRAGUE TO BE LEFT TO THE RUSSIANS PAGE 322 323 326
327 328 329 331 332 C H A P T E R X V I . T H E G E R M A N S U R R E
N D E R A N D E N D O F T H E W A R I N E U R O P E . 333 EARLY GERMAN
PEACE OVERTURES . . . . 333 DEVELOPMENTS IN BERLIN . . . . . . 334
HIMMLER'S PEACE FEELERS . . . . . . 335 HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE . . . . .
. 336 TWENTY-FIRST ARMY GROUP CROSSES ELBE . . - 3 3 7 GERMAN COLLAPSE I
N NORTH . . . . . 338 SURRENDER A T LIINEBURG H E A T H . . . . . 339
DENMARK LIBERATED . . . . . 341 AMERICANS DRIVE TO SALZBURG AND
CZECHOSLOVAKIA . 341 UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER A T REIMS . . . . 343
RATIFICATION CEREMONY A T BERLIN . . . . 344 C H A P T E R X V I I . R
E F L E C T I O N S . EISENHOWER'S STRATEGY DISCUSSED THE ANTWERP
QUESTION . . . . DECISION TO AIM AT LEIPZIG EISENHOWER'S QUALITIES AS
ALLIED COMMANDER DIFFERENCES ON COMMAND GERMAN CONDUCT OF CAMPAIGN
ALLIED CO-OPERATION . . . . MONTGOMERY'S QUALITIES . . . . 347 347 350
352 353 354 356 357 APPENDICES PAGE I. THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF .
361 II. SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE . . .363 III.
ALLIED NAVAL FORCES ENGAGED . 365 IV. THE ALLIED ARMIES . . . .367 PART
I. FORCES ENGAGED . . . . . 367 II. NOTES ON BRITISH ARMY WEAPONS AND
EQUIP- MENT . . . . . . 383 III. NOTES ON SOME ARMY SERVICES . . . 385
V. THE ALLIED AIR FORCES . . .389 PART I. FORCES ENGAGED . . . . . 389
II. NOTES ON ALLIED AIRCRAFT AND WEAPONS EMPLOYED . . . . . -397 III.
THE ROLE OF AIR POWER IN OVERLORD . . 398 VI. THE ENEMY 401 PART I.
GERMAN COMMAND IN THE WEST . .401 II. GERMAN LAND FORCES ENCOUNTERED BY
THE ALLIES . . . . . . 403 III. GERMAN AIR FORCE . . . . . 404 VII.
ALLIED CASUALTIES AND NOTES ON LOGISTICS 405 PART I. ALLIED STRENGTHS
AND CASUALTIES . . . 405 II. LOGISTICS . . . . . . 408 VIII. RESISTANCE,
CIVIL AFFAIRS AND MILITARY GOVERNMENT . . .411 PART I. FRANCE . . . . .
. .411 II. BELGIUM . . . . . 413 III. HOLLAND 416 IV. DENMARK . . . . .
. 420 V. MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN GERMANY . . 421 IX. FIELD-MARSHAL
MONTGOMERY'S PRESS CONFERENCE, 7TH JANUARY 1945 425 X. THE GERMAN
SO-CALLED 'NATIONAL REDOUBT' 429 XI. CODE NAMES MENTIONED IN TEXT . 433 |
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