TITLE | SIEGFRIED LINE 1944 The defense of the western border of Germany |
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Author | ZALOGA, Steven J. |
Translator | FIDLER, George |
Place of publication | Prague |
Publisher | Amercom SA |
Year of release | 2011 |
Number of pages | 96 |
ISBN | 978-83-261-0989-6 |
Annotation | the Fighting on the western borders of the Greater German reich in the autumn of 1944 belongs to the most difficult, by american military units during world war ii in Europe participated. Allied troops penetrated the Siegfried line in September 1944, after the broken remnants of the German army to withdraw from belgian territory. The border area around Aachen was fortified double strength lines, sharply worse weather, and this will rapidly reduce the support of the allied ground units from the air force. In the publication are in detail addressed the fighting units of the american 1. and 9. the army, struggling even before the arrival of the winter to overcome the stubborn German resistance, which culminated in the Hurtgen forest. The publication includes a DVD with the film of the Siegfried line. |
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