Lorraine 1944

Patton versus Manteuffel

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Description

Osprey's examination of the confrontation between the US Army and German forces in Lorraine during World War II (1939-1945). In the wake of the defeat in Normandy in the summer of 1944, Hitler planned to stymie the Allied advance by cutting off Patton's Third Army in the Lorraine with a great Panzer offensive. But Patton's aggressive tactics continued to thwart German plans and led to a series of violent armored battles. The battle-hardened Wehrmacht confronted the better-equipped and better-trained US Army. The Germans managed to re-establish a fragile defensive line but could not stop the US Army from establishing bridgeheads over the Moselle along Germany's western frontier.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Battle

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Armies
Opposing Plans
The Moselle Bridgeheads
Defense or Counter-Attack in Lorraine?
The Panzers Attack
Stalemate

The Battlefield Today
Chronology
Wargaming the Lorraine battles
Select bibliography

Product details

Published Aug 18 2000
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781841760896
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 71 b/w; 17 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 75
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Steven J. Zaloga

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from U…

Illustrator

Tony Bryan

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