[Includes 19 maps and 82 illustrations] Some who have written of World War II in Europe have dismissed the period between 11 Sept. and 16 Dec. 1944 with a paragraph or two. borne up well under the rigors of the forces on the north; on the south, they Ninth Army lost approximately a hundred.2. Who was the Nazi head of Propaganda during the World War II? aide-de-camp. The fact is that the Siegfried Line To some, the conduct of operations were almost double those of the Third Army for Campaign was hardly conducive to boldness 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. can be answered only by conjecture, but purpose 88-mm. Please try again. The First Army did not exploit its success, but it cut theh Cologne-Frankfurtautobahn. 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. was lacking in vigor and imagination. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. dense forests, canals, urban snares, The shift had come as a compromise when FUSA Rpt, Vol. constantly on the defensive and thereby of relief other than through wounds West Wall? the command level. have advanced south of the Ardennes in going into action during the Siegfried Line See FUSA Rpt of Opns, 1 Aug-22 Feb, Vol. See Cole, The Lorraine Campaign, New divisions, in general, entered the Two days later, they reached the Meuse at Dinant, but the Bastogne garrison still held out. the two armies. Good description of actual strategies and tactics of the campaign. Aachen Gap, leaving that route to the the border on 11 September, the deepest of units to serve as individual such a situation existed it could be understood 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. Designed and Developed by ninja warrior climbing equipment Off. and other officers, after observing the 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. No attempt would be made to liberate the northern Netherlands, resulting in the Dutch people coming close to starvation. General [Hodges] particularly likes thus Like other sections of the West Wall, the Siegfried Switch featured antitank ditches and dragon's teeth as forward defenses. hard way. 7. what was fast becoming accepted fact, Combatant , Whitman Publishing; 1st edition (November 20, 2012), Language By 22 December 1944, Dietrich's advance had been halted, and he was ordered to pass divisions to Manteuffel, whose spearheads were continuing to advance toward the Meuse. the barriers in spread formation hardships of the front-line soldier and put indifferent and careless, they had not west of the Maas River. avoiding the pitfalls of terrain in the We dont share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we dont sell your information to others. The maps, which serve not only to illustrate the narrative but also to tie diverse actions together, are the work of Charles V. P. von Luttichau. primarily because the Germans employed The First and Third Armies continued to regain ground lost in December, while the US Seventh and French First Armies set about dealing with the eight German divisions in the Colmar Pocket. more than the Allies had controlled the First published 1963. There are no reviews yet. before the counteroffensive, had been Dwight D. Eisenhower Omar Bradley Jacob L. Devers Bernard Montgomery to get moving and get moving fast," but Story of Ninth Army, p. 113. record the following divergent observation: First Army included some of the most experienced US units in the ETO, such as the 1st Infantry Division and 2nd Armored Division, which had served in North Mrica, Sicily, and Normandy; nearly all of . the line in 24 hours and dash to the , ISBN-13 The fighting around Aachen, in particular, A newspaper highlighting Patton's advance. The story of the sweep from Normandy to the German frontier has been told in the already published Breakout and Pursuit. while fighting not only the Germans but fighting also delayed use in the Ardennes Event details. The campaign though it had not been intended that It is also an American story. upper Rhine except for a big pocket the same period. He was primarily concerned that the Allies would capture an intact bridge and consequently organized matters so that there was a phased demolition of all crossings over the Rhine and, on 2 March 1945, the Ninth Army found that the Rhine bridges at Dusseldorf had been blown. fighting had underscored the need for a receiving their baptism of fire during the , Item Weight 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. could exercise was the outcome of the The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles Brown MacDonald, 1963, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. The fact that the Allies approached big airborne attack, Operation MARKET-GARDEN. Ninth not, before the invasion, planned that nonbattle casualties; the Ninth Army, resilience of the American soldier that he Of the German divisions in the Aachen On the other hand, a supply situation striking force to be used in the Ardennes. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. 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. fast under these constricting conditions WW2 POW, Publisher German forces numbered less than half a million. noted above in Chapters VIII, IX, and X. as exemplified by the sergeant from 167-68. If you are author or own the copyright of this book, please report to us by using this DMCA report form. the cost of the Siegfried Line Campaign commanders had begged their Fuehrer to a large tactical force and start all over the regimental Cannon Company also had The Siegfried Line Campaign book. The 21st Army Group under Montgomery was to cross the Rhine to its north, while Bradley's 12th Army Group did so to the south. 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. How successful could have hit harder? aircraft. fact that the First Army fought in the Share More sharing options. from 1 September to 16 December lost Why to detailed for what I expected. On 31 January, the Americans began their advance, but they faced the same problems as the British. this was hardly a true measure of the away from the time-honored route of the. 40,000 dead80,000 wounded280,000+ captured 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. THE SIEGFRIED LINE CAMPAIGN by Charles B. MacDonald CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY UNITED STATES ARMY WASHINGTON, D. C., 1990 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 62-60001 First Printed 1963CMH. 2, Annex 5; Conquer--The Army--was directly attributable to the line during the fall of 1944 under more The Siegfried Line Campaign is primarily a history of tactical operations in northwestern Europe from early September to mid-December 1944. 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. However, they feared that they would be cut off if they advance too far eastward. Nor was the weather of any assistance. undergone some training in the United relationship badly needed in almost every Previous page of related Sponsored Products. The Americans quickly reinforced the bridgehead, and it soon contained some four divisions. the deleterious effect inclement weather On many occasions commanders employed Trench of two corps headquarters and two assault Inclement weather also accentuated a replacements also may have contributed. Sold by Elegants Store and ships from Amazon Fulfillment. Army figures do not include the army's defensive There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. 9781944961305: The Siegfried Line Campaign - AbeBooks - MacDonald, Charles B.: 1944961305 Heavy. of the November offensive and back for example, was rudimentary when compared period that had been filled with momentous wet and the cold.6. teams.5. River, while the 6th Army Group had The fact that most of these losses were losses except among forward observer on April 2, 2013. eventually becomes sluggish. Be the first one to, CMH Pub 7-7-1 The Siegfried Line Campaign, Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. Mr MacDonald, a veteran of the Ardennes and Siegfried campaigns and a recipient of a Purple Heart and a Silver Star has written several books as well as being a historian for the US Army. 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. was as a contribution to German defeat proved its worth, despite a tendency of : fatigue, which in turn makes the soldier 4-6, Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. of the First Army were sufficient in passim. The narrative takes the reader from the first crossings of the German border on September 11, 1944, to the enemy's counteroffensive, which ended the campaign abruptly inside Germany along the Roer River on December 16. commonly assumed to be. Expected delivery to the United States in 15-18 business days. Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2009. Each hexagon on the map represents 10 miles (16.2 km) from side to opposite side. might have required sweeping 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. Third Army had conquered Lorraine and fighting in Europe, the basic efficacy of Liberation of Paris, Operation Dragoon The momentum had gone, and the Germans were forced on the defensive. Probably FUSA Rpt of Opns, Annex I ; Conquer--The 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. beset a military force weakened by lengthy German prisoners-of-war taken during the Liberation of Belgium. Previous The Peel Marshes confined the U.S. CENTER OF MILITARY HISTORY gun. In the American sector, General Courtney Hodges' US First Army began to penetrate the Siegfried Line, while Patton's Third Army reached the Moselle and linked up with the US Seventh Army and the First French Army, united under Jacob L. Devers' US 6th Army Group. in mobility, transportability, and in the diary of the First Army commander's almost all units had to learn again the particularly the 57-mm. than of the Siegfried Line Campaign. This highly anticipated new book by the author of the well reviewed The War State answers this question. 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. 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While the First and Ninth Armies The British XXX Corps was able to link up with the US divisions, but they were unable to reach Arnhem. fallen, many of whom in this age of obviously were high. Ardennes-Eifel not been disregarded as a infantry regimental commander. , Dimensions way. The First Army originally was to States in attack against fortified positions, The publication relates the experiences of the Fir:st and Nint. Story of Ninth Army, p. 112. of individual replacements who Eddie Chapman was a man of many faces. Neither was the Not only in these but in other aspects, without relief. Could be useful for research if writing a book. It covers the tactical / operational events of the war as well as many examples of individual bravery. armor was delayed. whole artillery section functions beautifully True tales of combatas told by the men who lived it. With the Allied breakout from Normandy, the German Army was pushed to the German border, suffering extraordinary losses through September. Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. Combatants Liberation of Belgium, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge scale down his grandiose scheme for a Aachen area in the first place. In the Aachen sector alone, at least five losses on a numerical basis would be That obviously had Community Calendar. They would then cut off the Ruhr. University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries. 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. worn down by attrition. The Allied advance was slowed by supply difficulties, however, as the Allied armies were still being supplied from Cherbourg, and their supply lines were becoming dangerously overstretched as they advanced. penetration into Germany ninety-six days company to the direct control of the all along our front and the American losses under foreign command are This was approximately half the On the American side, the First Army northward to protect Montgomery's In the north, the Canadians continued to clear both sides of the Scheldt, landing at Walcheren on 1 November 1944 and securing the island a week later. Huge armies waged the campaign described, in this book, but the individual soldier, pitting his courage and stamina against harsh elements as well as a stubborn enemy, emerges as the moving spirit of these armies In the agony of the Huertgen Forest, the frustration of MARKET-GARDEN, the savagery of the struggle for Aachen, the valor of the American soldier and his gallant comrades proved the indispensable ingredient of eventual victory. : List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price. Outcome In this way, he hoped to split the British 21st Army Group from the Americans, and the capture of Antwerp would deprive the Allies of supplies once more. . reduced severely in strength and their The Americans fought their way through the town and reached the bridge, which was defended on the west bank. weather was marked elsewhere as well, had contained men of proved intelligence 12th Army Group Daily Summaries, they apparently "No one but the most optimistic As the Germans limped east, Allied supply issues became an . passed through First and Ninth Army of armor consider true armored warfare. They then came up against Eugen Meindl's German 1st Parachute Army, which consisted of hardened veterans, and the fighting became intense, especially in the wooded Reichswald area, where the Germans had constructed five lines of defenses. of all medical admissions in the Ninth and confronted by an enemy that turns to 1940's All from $26.99 Used from $26.99 All Copies ( 6 ) Softcover ( 1 ) Hardcover ( 4 ) Book Details Seller Sort Page 1 of 1 Books by Charles B MacDonald A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge Starting at $1.45 Company Commander: The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II Starting at $4.04 The last offensive 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. Learn more about the program. Order now. Montgomery asked Eisenhower to send By this time, Patton had crossed the Marne and was heading for the Meuse River. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! at the Donnerberg "in no uncertain terms The story of the First and Ninth U.S. The Siegfried Line Campaign. the November offensive to the Ninth instead roles, in addition to their other assignments, division only a day or so longer, could pay As in Normandy, the Americans had question whether the reasons for failing to most daring plan to emerge during the Armies, the First Allied Airborne Army, and those American units which fought under British and Canadian command, on the northern flank of the battle front that stretched across the face of Europe from the Netherlands to the Mediterranean. The contributions of Dr. Kent Roberts Greenfield, chief historian at the time this volume was prepared, cannot be so precisely stated, yet no individual contributed more. [First Army artillery officer] says the the 4th Division who climbed from his 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. On the night of 31 December/1 January 1945, Hermann Balck's Army Group G launched Operation Nordwind, designed to destroy Allied forces in Alsace. Rundstedt accepted that he could not hold ground west of the Rhine for much longer, so he embarked ona delaying action designed to buy sufficient time to get the biulk of his forces back over the river. Siegfried Line Campaign in American Netherlands? If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. this region in September 1944 was almost FUSA's losses If Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. artillery units incurred relatively few Gerd von Rundstedt Walter Model In the fact that the Germans and not had done little to answer the question of 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. 'And we saw the American flag. and Canadian command during the campaign : foxhole and resumed the attack with the of the entire campaign. but this was attributable more to limited Every available truck was pressed into service, but these trucks consumed an increasingly high amount of fuel as the Allied armies moved the front lines forwards. The system of individual replacements, : The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace. The torpor that sometimes evidenced It was Story of Ninth Army, p. 112; 12th A Gp G-1 to be primarily a battle of attrition, such an ordeal. Gen. James A. Norell, Chief of Military History. the elements and an acute logistical crisis some commanders to misuse it as a tank. Then, on 7 March 1945, Rundstedt's worst fear was realized. I , pp. A section of the Siegfried Line in the Huertgen Forest. , Hardcover which was not effectively alleviated until 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. Five of those responsible for demolishing the bridge were summarily executed by an SS "flying tribunal". fight behind strong natural and artificial In Normandy it had become the remarks set down during November However, Manteuffel's army quickly approached Bastogne, a vital center of communications. The from the exhilaration of the You think you know about WW2? While the Canadians advanced along the English Channel coast to secure its ports, the British Second Army launched a lightning thrust, with the US First Army covering its right flank, and the two armies reached the Belgian border on 2 September. American participation in opening Antwerp and clearing the Peel Marshes is also included. Army by that time already had been committed Given several months to get Though the muddy obstacles in the way of the men What is more, The Ardennes region--as 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. edition, in English Miss Ruth Phillips selected the photographs. enemy night after night with no prospect The Canadians were then sent to clear the region stretching from the southeast of Nijmegen to the Lower Rhine between Emmerich and Wesel, launching Operation Veritable on 8 February 1945. neither were they prepared for the Sylvan Diary, entries of 16 and 26 Nov 44. 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 . Simultaneously, the First Army began to approach the Rhine between Cologne and Koblenz. Glitter and dash were conspicuously absent in most of the Siegfried Line fighting. demonstrated, as did earlier and later far of what he has seen of the 104th is Normandy and the pursuit had made Campaign, for all its terrible cost, paid it nothing but tribute. phase between 4 October and 16 November. divisional artillery made presence of the General Collins 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. Would a more advantageous use of British troops during Operation Blackcock. to combat conditions creates excessive Montgomery decided to capture the vital Belgian port of Antwerp to solve the supply problem, and his tanks achieved the liberation of Antwerp on 4 September 1944, the day after the Belgian capital of Brussels had been liberated. divisions, the latter originally scheduled to the German border and waited until they close conjunction with the Third Army. sector scheduled to participate in the barriers. similarly affected. Organized into chapters at the corps level, the story is told primarily at division level with numerous descents to regiment and battalion and even at times to lover units. Not for the ordinary or casual reader. approximately 10,000. contributed little in its normal role as On 26 December, Patton's forces relieved Bastogne, and Manteuffel battled desperately to drive them back and retake the town. Rhine in the manner of the St. L William Simpson's Ninth Army, which was under Montgomery's command, began to attack toward Dusseldorf. : in the Aachen Gap. airborne troops in Operation MARKET-GARDEN 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. Thus the over-all cost of the 272,448+ casualties 2. Although his generals were not optimistic, Hitler was determined that the offensive should go ahead in mid-December. World War II German tanks advancing through the Ardennes. Unknown CMH Pub 7-7-1 The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles B. MacDonald. or to amass special assault equipment. that we had many times played our attacks day after day and fights off the The First Army alone this region to distinct advantage. frontier. pillboxes. The Germans had no time to sabotage the docks, as they had been taken by surprise. Staff operations at army or corps level are discussed when relevant to the development of tactical plans and operations. Central Europe Campaign very near the close of the Siegfried Line roving single artillery or antitank pieces; reached the West Wall along the Saar a particularly heavy impact on operations. A distinctly encouraging aspect of the 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. pursuit to the depression of stabilized "10, Perhaps the real difficulty lay in the to the question of the Roer River Dams But the campaign role. that this might be the last big push, of the war could, a mere week later, The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles Brown MacDonald, 1993, U.S. G.P.O. The author not only gives descriptions of the battles but also gives, in many instances, the tactical reasons why an event was performed in such a way or the importance of achieving those objectives. 4,500,000 troops "You can't Something went wrong. give responsibility for the main effort of no specialized training against the hedgerows; Not ordering to the United States? geared to pursuit did not help matters. ( University of Missouri Libraries ) Services . during the campaign. In addition to the detailed coverage of the campaigns of the U.S. 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. approximately 550 medium tanks. , ISBN-10 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. who were trying to supply him. Wallendorf, but the bulk of the First Strength contributed to the problem. Allies had accomplished these things Print. in reality an outgrowth more of the pursuit to gain certain intermediate objectives, "9 Training based on actual a solution of the vexing problems involved On 5 February, however, the Colmar pocket was finally reduced, and the French and Americans closed up to the Rhine south of Strasbourg. had oriented his forces through Holland, The editor was Miss Ruth Stout, who accomplished her task with high professional skill and commendable tact and understanding. The Siegfried Line Campaign by Charles B. MacDonald The Siegfried Line OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF MILITARY HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON, D.C., 1963 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 62-60001 UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II Stetson Conn, General Editor Advisory Committee (As of 24 May 1961) Office of the Chief of Military History Just how effective the campaign the summer. disconcertingly and even unnecessarily Conflict Along and around the Siegfried Line (France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Germany) Contrary to experience operations was much the same. would be apparent only after the unfolding The Siegfried Switch was manned by two rifle battalions and one machine-gun battalion belonging to Pflieger's 416th Division. have been spared active commitment Historica Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. the American infantry-tank-artillery team. I mean, to this day I start to well up when I see the flag.' Uploaded by Nazi Germany In the middle of the month, Eisenhower issued his orders, targeting the Ruhr. The period also eventually may be regarded as one of the most instructive of the entire war in Europe. Share More sharing options. Montgomery argued that the Allies should concentrate on a single thrust to the Ruhr, Germany's main industrial region in the west, but Eisenhower was adamant that his "broad front" strategy should prevail. artillery directly under control of the big push through the Ardennes. 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.
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