Format:
1 online resource (613 pages)
ISBN:
9780813126425
Series Statement:
American Warriors Ser
Content:
The war diary of General Courtney Hicks Hodges begins on June 2, 1944, as Hodges and the U.S. First Army prepare for Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of France. Hodges' aides, Major William C. Sylvan and Captain Francis G. Smith Jr., recorded daily entries, which Hodges reviewed and approved. The diary chronicles Hodges's ascent to Commanding General in August 1944, as well as his viewpoints on strategy and the enemy, and follows Hodges and the First Army through savage European combat until the German surrender in May 1945. Edited and extensively annotated by John T. Greenwood, Normandy to Victory makes a classic military document widely available to the general public for the first time.
Content:
Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- A Biographical Sketch: Courtney Hicks Hodges -- 1. The Invasion of France and the Lodgment in Normandy, 2 June-24 July 1944 -- 2. Operation Cobra and the Breakthrough at St. Lo, 25-31 July 1944 -- 3. Exploitation of the St. Lo Breakthrough, 1 August-12 September 1944 -- 4. The Battle of Germany, 13 September-15 December 1944 -- 5. The German Counteroffensive and the Drive to the Roer River, 16 December 1944-22 February 1945 -- Photo insert -- 6. Crossing the Roer River, 23-28 February 1945 -- 7. Crossing the Rhine River, 1-24 March 1945 -- 8. Exploutation of the Remagen Bridgehead, 25 March-18 April 1945 -- 9. Final Operations, 19 April-7 May 1945 -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780813125251
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780813125251
Language:
English
