The Supreme Command / by Pogue, Forrest C.

Table of Contents: “…Biographical sketches -- The supreme commander -- The coalition command -- The nature of SHAEF -- The machinery of SHAEF -- Planning before SHAEF -- SHAEF revises plans for the attack -- SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 -- Relations with the occupied countries -- Final preparations for the invasion -- D Day to the breakout -- The breakout and pursuit to the Seine -- The campaign in southern France -- Relations with the French, June-September 1944 -- The pursuit stops short of the Rhine -- Command reorganization, June-October 1944 -- Fighting in the north -- The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 -- Relations with liberated countries -- Program for Germany -- The winter counteroffensives -- The battle for the Rhineland -- The battle for the Ruhr -- The drive to the Elbe -- The drive to the Elbe (continued) -- The German surrender -- The last phase.…”

The Supreme Command / by Pogue, Forrest C.

Table of Contents: “…The Supreme Commander -- The Coalition Command -- The nature of SHAEF -- The machinery of SHAEF -- Planning before SHAEF -- SHAEF revises plans for the attack -- SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 -- Relations with the occupied countries -- Final preparations for the invasion -- D Day to the breakout -- The breakout and pursuit to the Seine -- The campaign in Southern France -- Relations with the French, June-September 1944 -- The pursuit stops short of the Rhine -- Command reorganization, June-October 1944 -- Fighting in the North -- The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 -- Relations with liberated countries -- Program for Germany -- The winter counteroffensives -- The Battle for the Rhineland -- The Battle for the Ruhr -- The drive to the Elbe -- The drive to the Elbe (continued) -- The German surrender -- The last phase.…”

The Supreme Command / by Pogue, Forrest C.

Table of Contents: “…The supreme commander -- The coalition command -- The nature of SHAEF -- The machinery of SHAEF -- Planning before SHAEF -- SHAEF revises plans for the attack -- SHAEF's air problems, January-June 1944 -- Relations with the occupied countries -- Final preparations for the invasion -- D Day to the breakout -- The breakout and pursuit to the Seine -- The campaign in southern France -- Relations with the French, June-September 1944 -- The pursuit stops short of the Rhine -- Command reorganization, June-October 1944 -- Fighting in the north -- The battles of attrition, September-December 1944 -- Relations with liberated countries -- Program for Germany -- The winter counteroffensives -- The battle for the Rhineland -- The battle for the Ruhr -- The drive to the Elbe -- The drive to the Elbe (continued) -- The German surrender -- The last phase.…”

The Siegfried Line Campaign / by MacDonald, Charles B. 1922-1990

Table of Contents: “…Army -- V Corps hits the West Wall -- VII Corps penetrates the Line -- Action on the North Wing -- An airborne carpet in the North -- Operation Market-Garden -- Invasion from the sky -- Decision on the ground -- The approaches to Antwerp -- The Peel Marshes -- The Battle of Aachen -- A set attack against the West Wall -- Closing the circle -- Assault on the city -- The Roer River dams -- The first attack on Schmidt -- The second attack on Schmidt -- The Huertgen Forest -- The big picture in October -- New plans to drive to the Rhine -- VII Corps makes the main effort -- V Corps joins the offensive -- The final fight to break out of the Forest -- Battle of the Roer Plain -- Clearing the inner wings of the armies -- The Roer River offensive -- The Geilenkirchen Salient -- Ninth Army's final push to the Roer -- Conclusion -- The approaches to Dueren -- Objective: the Roer River dams -- The end of the campaign.…”

The Siegfried Line Campaign / by MacDonald, Charles B. 1922-1990

Table of Contents: “…Army -- V Corps hits the West Wall -- VII Corps penetrates the Line -- Action on the North Wing -- An airborne carpet in the North -- Operation Market-Garden -- Invasion from the sky -- Decision on the ground -- The approaches to Antwerp -- The Peel Marshes -- The Battle of Aachen -- A set attack against the West Wall -- Closing the circle -- Assault on the city -- The Roer River dams -- The first attack on Schmidt -- The second attack on Schmidt -- The Huertgen Forest -- The big picture in October -- New plans to drive to the Rhine -- VII Corps makes the main effort -- V Corps joins the offensive -- The final fight to break out of the Forest -- Battle of the Roer Plain -- Clearing the inner wings of the armies -- The Roer River offensive -- The Geilenkirchen Salient -- Ninth Army's final push to the Roer -- Conclusion -- The approaches to Dueren -- Objective: the Roer River dams -- The end of the campaign.…”
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