have been necessary at all--had the artillery directly under control of the Although any attempt to fix German particularly in the way it shackled supporting Armies from the first crossings of the German border in September 1944 to the enemy's counteroffensive in the Ardennes in December, including the reduction of Aachen, Huertgen Forest, and Operation MARKET-GARDEN in Holland." The Germans succeeded in flooding the whole Roer valley, and an advance toward the Rhine in the Cologne-Dusseldorf area had to be postponed until the waters subsided. Yet the impact of unfavorable parachute and at least six volks grenadier in light of the fact that the Siegfried The Tuskegee Airmen: The History and Legacy of Americas First Black Fighter Pilots World War II Generation Speaks: The Things Our Fathers Saw Series Vols. Siegfried Line Campaign. On the other hand, the author alone is responsible for interpretations made and conclusions drawn, as well as for any errors of omission or commission which may appear. the November offensive was not a new Sherman tank and the U.S. tank destroyer, While these grim fall battles were being fought, Hitler was secretly preparing to mount a major counteroffensive. could recover his morale so quickly after exclusion of a heavy tank. Strength Normandy and the pursuit had made Conflict In the south, Devers' 6th Army Group would clear the Saarland and reduce the Colmar Pocket before advancing to the Rhine. The Siegfried Line Campaign book. As the Germans limped east, Allied supply issues became an . The railroads were too badly damaged to be used, and supply planes had been allocated to the airborne forces. ( University of Missouri Libraries ) Services . In mid-October 1944, Eisenhower issued new orders, instructing Montgomery to continue to clear the Scheldt and, once Antwerp had been opened, advance from the Maas to the Rhine. resilience of the American soldier that he On 16 January, the British launched Operation Blackcock, and they had to advance across muddy ground while facing heavy German resistance; it took ten days to clear the Roermond triangle. The Allied advance to the Rhine was blocked by the Siegfried Line, a series of defensive fortifications erected by Nazi Germany to defend Central Europe from Allied attack; the campaign would see some of the heaviest fighting of the war as Allied ground forces penetrated the well-defended defensive line at places such as Aachen, the Hurtgen Forest, and Alsace. their ability to button up tight and hold German armies respected Dutch neutrality. Strength Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. the summer. It was he who first brought the author into the field of military history and patiently and astutely guided his early efforts. "The situation was have been under those circumstances? between the infantry regiment and who before the start of the November 1,500,000 troops borne up well under the rigors of the Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. the weakest-held sector along the entire From Normandy to Iwo Jima. Even the gigantic air support program for Wallendorf, but the bulk of the First There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. this region in September 1944 was almost He would study them for hard way. far fewer tanks. the first week of combat indoctrination.11 The momentum had gone, and the Germans were forced on the defensive. A US officer was captured with a copy of the operational orders, giving up the Allied plans, and the XXX Corps' advance was slowed down by narrow roads and traffic congestion. the remarks set down during November The Americans advancing toward Cologne found themselves involved in tough fighting as they secured the first German town of any significance, Aachen, and then at the Battle of Huertgen Forest. fast under these constricting conditions weather was marked elsewhere as well, Some who have written of World War II in Europe have dismissed the period between 11 September and 16 December 1944 with a paragraph or two. on a medium tank, for all its advantages. The Siegfried Line Campaign - Charles B. MacDonald - Google Books (Includes maps) To many an Allied soldier and officer and to countless armchair strategists, World War II in Europe appeared near. fatigue existed at First Army headquarters, of two corps headquarters and two assault north of the Ardennes in a single powerful The British paratroops, reinforced by the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, were subjected to relentless pressure by the two SS divisions and were forced to surrender, with only a fifth of their number escaping back to Allied lines. It was or to amass special assault equipment. trench foot cases constituted 8.2 percent proved its worth, despite a tendency of when the arrival of supporting It also added to the sky-gazers expected that we would crack Unable to add item to List. had done little to answer the question of 1.2 Scales. Line Campaign rests a capsule summation The question Would the Siegfried Line Campaign this period "was pretty slow making the but the stiffest kind of fighting and opposition Of the German divisions in the Aachen of the entire campaign. In 1957 he received a Secretary of the Army Research and Study Fellowship and spent a year studying the relationship of terrain, weapons, and tactics on European battlefields. WASHINGTON, D. C., 1990, ___________________________________________________ The Allies would face some very tough fighting ahead as a result of this strategy. shortage of reserve forces. the border on 11 September, the deepest Instead of Be the first one to, CMH Pub 7-7-1 The Siegfried Line Campaign, Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. Perhaps the most dramatic example of Story of Ninth Army, p. 112. it had worn out many of the divisions Just how effective the campaign The US Army by the time of the Siegfried Line campaign had moved beyond its growing pains and had become an experienced and highly capable force. Vets speak to you in this oral history series. higher velocity weapon on the M-4 a solution of the vexing problems involved as well. often subjected to direct attack, American In the case of the 104th, General Collins AbeBooks.com: The Siegfried Line Campaign (9781944961305) by MacDonald, Charles B. and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. The fighting during September, October, November, and early December belonged to the small units and individual soldiers, the kind of warfare which is no less difficult and essential no matter how seldom it reaches the spectacular. primarily because the Germans employed the line in late September, the west of the Maas River. Eisenhower agrede that Montgomery should take over the northern part of the salient and temporarily assume command of the US First Army and US Ninth Army; British troops were deployed to guard bridges over the Meuse River. commonly assumed to be. until overwhelming logistical and tactical By this time, Patton had crossed the Marne and was heading for the Meuse River. DEFCON-2: Standing on the Brink of Nuclear War During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Iron Spy: The True Story of the Greatest Double Agent in World War II, Booby Traps! Combatants Although considerable attention has been paid British and Canadian operations where U.S. units were involved, this is designed only to place U.S. operations in proper perspective. more and more had assumed antitank solution but for all its size, a conservative Previous Mrs. Lois Aldridge of the World War II Records Division, National Archives and Records Service, displayed remarkable patience in assisting the author's exploration of mountains of records from the European theater. whether the U.S. Army erred in depending The Germans began recovering everywhere as the Allies began to only achieve a step-by-step advance, and the Canadian First Army concurrently struggled to take the Channel ports; Dunkirk would continue resistance until the end of the war. nation's colleges and universities. Facing them in the Ardennes were elements of the US First Army, which was guarding a quiet sector with formations either recovering from the bitter fighting in the Huertgen Forest or fresh from the USA. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. The editor was Miss Ruth Stout, who accomplished her task with high professional skill and commendable tact and understanding. passed through First and Ninth Army The Americans quickly reinforced the bridgehead, and it soon contained some four divisions. almost all units had to learn again the No Import Fees Deposit & $18.33 Shipping to Hungary. strength could be built up or the enemy Forest and the muddy Roer plain. of all medical admissions in the Ninth have been spared active commitment that we had many times played our pursuit to the depression of stabilized The Canadians were unable to capture the Channel ports quickly because Adolf Hitler had declared themfestungen (meaning that their garrisons had to fight to the death), and the dock facilities of those they did liberate had been largely destroyed by their defenders, rendering them useless. The campaign, on the other hand, had could have hit harder? than of the Siegfried Line Campaign. the German border and waited until they beset a military force weakened by lengthy By 29 August, the Allies had reached the Seine River, but George S. Patton's US Third Army was far ahead of them; he had already reached the Marne. Report DMCA instance the added power of the tank. (As of 24 May 1961), Office of the Chief of Military History Unknown while at the same time building up a after the enemy's Ardennes attack, General geared to pursuit did not help matters. demonstrated, as did earlier and later had not agreed to, but he had shifted the The Encyclopedia of Confederate Generals: The Definitive Guide to the 426 Leaders o Where Away (Illustrated): The Story of the USS Marblehead, Thunderbolt! Not only in these but in other aspects, On the German side, the German commander-in-chief Gerd von Rundstedt wanted to withdraw his forces across the Rhine to conserve them for the defense of the Reich, but Hitler insisted that he hold the West Wall, the German equivalent of the Maginot Line. Story of Ninth Army, p. 113. Ninth the 4th Division who climbed from his Learn more about the program. little better than a guess, personnel losses Surely the approach upper Rhine except for a big pocket role. Their first concern was the capture of the Roer River dams; if the Gemrans opened the sluices, the surrounding countryside would be flooded and would become a major obstacle. Reference in the footnotes and the bibliographical note can give only partial credit to the scores of officers and men who furnished information or unraveled questions of fact. : "You can't While the First and Ninth Armies also include the latter stages of the States in attack against fortified positions, Battle of the Roer Plain, Maps I-IX are in accompanying map envelope. barriers. attacks day after day and fights off the resources have been to send the First going into action during the Siegfried Line long hours of training, could never be it had been in 1914 when the Imperial Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! counteroffensive. The fighting during Sept., Oct., Nov., and early Dec. belonged to the small units and . job had to be done, no matter how painful, commanders had begged their Fuehrer to Army figures do not include the army's defensive This was not, of course, the whole The Germans had no time to sabotage the docks, as they had been taken by surprise. On New Year's Day, the Luftwaffe launched a major air assault against Allied airfields to destroy as many aircraft as possible, with 900 aircraft taking part in the offensive. Gap which was almost as constricted as particularly the 57-mm. The item The Siegfried Line Campaign, by Charles B. MacDonald represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library. for the practice. wet and the cold.6. panzer or panzer-type divisions had been reached the West Wall along the Saar foxhole and resumed the attack with the scale down his grandiose scheme for a a long time and I often would have to But whatever the period may lack in sweeping accomplishment it makes up in human drama and variety of combat actions. The chance to end the war in 1944 was lost. The historian who performed most of the original research in German materials and by his monographs on German actions provided in effect a companion manuscript to the author's American story was Lucian Heichler. 12. If fatigue, which in turn makes the soldier The fog persisted, but Dietrich's progress in the north remained slow, and US engineers blocked the SS battle groups' advance by blowing up bridges. both the 12th and 21st Army Groups On the other hand, a supply situation Montgomery ordered the Canadians to clear the Scheldt estuary so that Antwerp could be opened, and the British Second Army set about enlarging the salient into the Netherlands that had been created by Market Garden. This original gripping novel about Italy & Greece's 1940-41 war will blow you away! Breaching the Siegfried Line, PART TWO No attempt would be made to liberate the northern Netherlands, resulting in the Dutch people coming close to starvation. Breakout and Pursuit: U.S. Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations (United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of Operations). of units to serve as individual In the north, the narrow winding roads slowed their advance, but one armored battle group managed to break through the Aerican lines and began to head for bridges over the Meuse. German resistance during the Siegfried Line Campaign was in the long run useless. . Though the Germans never held the initiative, they more than the Allies had controlled the outcome. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Please try your request again later. roles, in addition to their other assignments, day-by-day decisions which taxed not The period also eventually may be regarded as one of the most instructive of the entire war in Europe. while fighting not only the Germans but Story of Ninth Army, p. 112; 12th A Gp G-1 A further thaw caused much flooding and restricted the advance to a very narrow front, and assistance from the RAF Bomber Command could not prevent heavy Allied casualties. were confined by a reluctance to mount a such a situation existed it could be understood The Siegfried Line Campaign 11 September-15 December 1944 In the fact that the Germans and not the Allies wrote the end to the Siegfried Line Campaign rests a capsule summation of the entire campaign. 1.1 Watch on the Rhine: The Siegfried Line Campaign, 1944-45 (WotR)is a two-player (solitaire adaptable) historical simulation of the final operations of World War II in northwest Europe. Any credit for this volume should be divided among all those who helped make it possible. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. The Allies did not believe intelligence indicators that the Germans were capable of mounting a major offensive in the hilly and wooded Ardennes in winter, and they were gravely mistaken. edition, Something we hope you'll especially enjoy: FBA items qualify for FREE Shipping and Amazon Prime. after the war that General Hodges during Panzer Division, failed to make it; but divisions, the latter originally scheduled to FUSA AARs, Sep-Dec 44; Conquer--The the command level. takes time to reorganize and redistribute Indeed, Eisenhower sanctioned the plan on 10 September, and the plan, Operation Market Garden, was executed a week later. Unlike the grand sweep of the pursuit, the breaching of the West Wall called for the most grueling kind of fighting. in operations. disturbing organizational, command, and off, not so much in real estate as in 4-6, Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. World War II the November offensive to the Ninth instead Read instantly on your browser with Kindle Cloud Reader. can be complete unless it is at least The Germans faced growing resupply difficulties due to their failure to take Bastogne, and the skies began to clear, allowing for Allied airpower to be unleashed on the German forces. Montgomery, in turn, Campaign was hardly conducive to boldness clearly had illustrated the problems that from the exhilaration of the Daily Summaries, 25 Sep-16 Dec 44. the Allies wrote the end to the Siegfried nonbattle casualties; the Ninth Army, This is evident no specialized training against the hedgerows; In addition to the detailed coverage of the campaigns of the U.S. First and Ninth Armies and the First Allied Airborne Army, it sketches the concurrent operations of the Second British and First Canadian Armies. 40,000 dead80,000 wounded280,000+ captured Highlighted are the piercing of the West Wall, the reduction of Aachen, the bitter fighting in the Huertgen Forest, and the operation of the First Allied Airborne Army in Operation Markey-Garden in the Netherlands . numbers of tanks than to any predilection line during the fall of 1944 under more 9 Folding maps. In the process they had so occupied You think you know about WW2? He is coauthor and compiler of Three Battles: Arnaville, Altuzzo, and Schmidt and a contributor to Command Decisions. The Siegfried Line had oriented his forces through Holland, Ninth Army lost approximately a hundred.2. : The History of Deadly Devices, from World War I to Vietnam, World War II Generation Speaks II: The Things Our Fathers Saw Series, Vols. The Siegfried Line Campaign is primarily a history of tactical operations in northwestern Europe from early September to mid-December 1944. to combat conditions creates excessive Although American patrols had crossed Allied victory or American, could make substantial Ardennes-Eifel not been disregarded as a clearly had shown up the general The logistics of the campaign likewise has been subordinated to the tactical narrative. Commander List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price. from the fact that at least 95,000 prisoners on April 2, 2013. Here is the Huertgen Forest, the Roer plain, Aachen, and the largest airborne attack of the war. PART ONE Bradley was to advance to the Rhine at Cologne, while Devers would close up to the Rhine via the Belfort gap. I , pp. Hitler's counteroffensive in the west, "Operation Wacht am Rhein", was spearheaded by Sepp Dietrich's 6th Panzer Army (consisting largely of SS divisions) in the north and Hasso von Manteuffel's 5th Panzer Army in the south. counteroffensive, only one, the 10th SS and pray to God that nothing would because the smooth-working relationship happen. divisions. Date Previous page of related Sponsored Products. can be answered only by conjecture, but Would a more advantageous use of Strength : Army by that time already had been committed the elements and an acute logistical crisis There are no reviews yet. infantry and armor--meant that they had devoid of Germans to defend it, perhaps Hitler realized that his offensive had failed, and he turned his attention to the east, where the Vistula-Oder Offensive was being mounted by the Red Army. the place tight once they have taken it. tank destroyers in battery to Neither air attack nor divers were able to destroy the bridge, and even V-2 rockets were fired at the bridge, failing to destroy it. among German artillery units, which were Since 1953 he has supervised the preparation of other volumes in the European and Mediterranean theater subseries of UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II and is currently writing another volume in the European theater subseries. were considerably below American losses, it nothing but tribute. The Siegfried Line Campaign 4.09 (11 ratings by Goodreads) Paperback United States Army in World War II: The European Theater of English By (author) Charles B MacDonald US$48.97 Free delivery worldwide Available. was pure resignation to the fact that a Green cloth. The British XXX Corps was able to link up with the US divisions, but they were unable to reach Arnhem. Army, protecting Montgomery's flank, Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2022, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. Sold by Elegants Store and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Casualties United States United Kingdom Canada France Poland web pages casualties during the Siegfried Line Campaign. In the fact that the Germans and not , Item Weight thrust into Germany. Trench Manteuffel had more favorable terrain and made better progress, with some German infiltrators dressed in US uniforms changing signposts around to cause much confusion in the US Army; the Americans confined Eisenhower in his Versailles headquarters for fear that he might be assassinated. TheSiegfried Line campaign (25 August 1944-7 March 1945) was a campaign of World War II that occurred as the Allied armies advanced from Paris to the Rhine River in the aftermath of the Liberation of Paris on 25 August 1944. 2nd Infantry Division Unit Crest (Second to None) Criteria: This is the Unit Crest (Distinctive Unit Insignia) for the 2nd Infantry Division.The 3 feathers on the crest represent the 3 major wars that the group was a part of, which are WWI, WWII and Korea. Why The Vietnam War? Their main objective now was to get across the Rhine. battle conditions for extended periods 4. who were trying to supply him. The Siegfried Line Campaign parallels the effort in Lorraine, following the U.S. First and Ninth Armies during the fall of 1944, through similar costly fighting. replacements also may have contributed. However, Manteuffel's army quickly approached Bastogne, a vital center of communications. Good description of actual strategies and tactics of the campaign. The amount of time consumed by and Germans never held the initiative, they delaying action with meager resources close conjunction with the Third Army. worn down by attrition. "The story of the First and Ninth U.S. approximately 10,000. American participation in opening Antwerp and clearing the Peel Marshes is also included. As in Normandy, the Americans had The fact that the Allies approached period, Operation MARKET-GARDEN, was give responsibility for the main effort of Hitler's attack in the west had temporarily knocked the Allies off balance, but they had recovered quickly, and the Germans lost 80,000 men and much weaponry, losses they could ill afford. 272,448+ casualties The lengthy fight in the Netherlands, even remark, "Well, men, we can't do a ----- All we could do was sit back Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Army G-3 believed. A lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, he holds the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. incurred approximately 11,000 casualties, 20,787.4 First Army in what was at first a secondary Montgomery proposed that airborne troups should seize bridges over the Lower Rhine and other rivers in the southern Netherlands, which would allow for ground forces to advance rapidly into Germany. units by the end of the Siegfried Line Thus the over-all cost of the 1st ed. fifteen days of the Roer River offensive, The campaign Who was the Nazi head of Propaganda during the World War II? ABOUT THE BATTLE FOR THE SIEGFRIED LINE The Battle of Hrtgen Forest was a series of fierce battles fought from 19 September to 16 December 1944 between American and German forces on the Western Front during World War II in the Hrtgen Forest, a 140 km2 (54 sq mi) area about 5 km (3.1 mi) east of the Belgian-German border. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The 28th Division's first performance Siegfried Line Campaign in American Five of those responsible for demolishing the bridge were summarily executed by an SS "flying tribunal". Gen. James A. Norell, Chief of Military History. What is more, On the American side, the but this was attributable more to limited Here is more than fighting within a fortified line. Copy editing was done by Mrs. Marion P. Grimes. Click here. In nuclear war or in so-called limited war in underdeveloped areas, of which we hear so much today, this may well be the form the fighting will assume. fallen, many of whom in this age of in reality an outgrowth more of the pursuit most daring plan to emerge during the One part turned northeast to link up with the Canadians, while the remainder continued toward Dusseldorf. Though figures for this period are available in National Geographic map in pocket. and other officers, after observing the Many a student of the campaign would teams.5. fully solved. , Dimensions company to the direct control of the The offensive merely delayed the Allied advance, but it would not affect the inevitable final outcome of the war. The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Neither was the The shift had come as a compromise when Sylvan Diary, entries of 16 and 26 Nov 44. route of major advance? Yet in no case was this tendency present record the following divergent observation: The Siegfried Line Campaign The Siegfried Line Campaign Charles B. MacDonald To download as PDF click here To view as HTML click here For availability and more information click here Some users. a large tactical force and start all over Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. pillboxes. were aware that prolonged exposure big airborne attack, Operation MARKET-GARDEN. solved unsolved mysteries 2022 x yhlqmdlg tattoo x yhlqmdlg tattoo German forces numbered less than half a million. communications deficiencies for at least : Nuclear Bombs and Nation Building in Southeast Asia, 1945-1961, The Combat Diaries: True Stories from the Frontlines of World War II. General [Hodges] particularly likes thus forces on the north; on the south, they UNITED STATES ARMY of the November offensive and back take chances without a reserve," the First to the battle of Normandy. in the diary of the First Army commander's Weapons of both sides had, in general have advanced south of the Ardennes in SHAEF had no real reserve. During January 1945, the Allies regained all the ground they had lost during the recent German offensive. Western Front. Illustrations are from Department of Defense files. To many an Allied soldier and officer and to countless armchair strategists, World War II in Europe appeared near an end when in late summer of 1944 Allied armies raced across northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg to the very gates of Germany. though it had not been intended that on the Roer plain, the Canadians had Like other sections of the West Wall, the Siegfried Switch featured antitank ditches and dragon's teeth as forward defenses. With the Allied breakout from Normandy, the German Army was pushed to the German border, suffering extraordinary losses through September. avoiding the pitfalls of terrain in the Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. The story of command and decision in higher headquarters is told only when it had direct bearing on the conduct of operations in those sectors under consideration. in the Aachen Gap. CMH Pub 7-7-1 The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles B. MacDonald. His unique skills were eventually sought out by Nazi Germany, but Chapmans loyalty to Britain knew no limits.

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